UK summons Iranian ambassador over plight of British aid worker
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a dual citizen convicted of plotting to topple the government and serving a five-year sentence, is due to reappear in court in Iran.
The United Kingdom summoned the Iranian ambassador on Thursday after new details emerged regarding a British aid work detained there.
The news refers to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a dual UK and Iranian citizen who has been imprisoned in Iran since 2016. She was convicted of plotting to overthrow the government, but denies the charges. She is serving a five-year sentence.
Zaghari-Ratcliffe will soon be called back to court after new charges were brought against her in September, prompting British authorities to call on Iranian Ambassador Hamid Baeidinejad, Reuters reported.
The British Foreign Office called her detention “unjustified and unacceptable,” according to the outlet.
