Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: UK grants jailed mother diplomatic protection to elevate case with Iran
Mr Hunt added:"It is unlikely to be a magic wand that leads to an overnight result.
Mr Hunt said she is"an innocent woman who has spent the last three years in an Iranian jail, separated from her daughter and husband". However, it opens up new diplomatic and legal options for Britain, including at the International Court of Justice and at the United Nations. The Iranian authorities refuse to recognise the other nationality of dual-citizenship Iranians and have so far denied repeated requests by the UK for a consular meeting with Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe.Mr Hunt has made her case a priority and even travelled to Iran last November to make a personal appeal for her release on humanitarian grounds.
Richard Ratcliffe, her husband, has been pushing for diplomatic protection for a long time and was told in advance of Mr Hunt's decision.Lord Peter Ricketts of Shortland, a former national security adviser and a former permanent secretary at the Foreign Office, said the British move would send a strong signal though he doubted it would result in freedom for the mother anytime soon.
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