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| Blame Iran not Boris over Nazanin case, says Michael Gove | Blame Iran not Boris over Nazanin case, says Michael Gove |
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| Iran, not Boris Johnson, should be the focus of criticism over the detention of a British-Iranian woman, Environment Secretary Michael Gove has said. | Iran, not Boris Johnson, should be the focus of criticism over the detention of a British-Iranian woman, Environment Secretary Michael Gove has said. |
| The foreign secretary caused controversy by suggesting Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was training journalists when she was arrested. | |
| Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have called for him to resign for putting her at risk. | Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have called for him to resign for putting her at risk. |
| But Mr Gove said the UK must "call out" Iran, not "play their game". | But Mr Gove said the UK must "call out" Iran, not "play their game". |
| "Who is in the dock here? Iran. It should be the actions of their judiciary and the revolutionary guards," Mr Gove told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show. | "Who is in the dock here? Iran. It should be the actions of their judiciary and the revolutionary guards," Mr Gove told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show. |
| "We make a big mistake if we think the right thing to do is to blame politicians in a democracy who are trying to do the right thing for the plight of a woman who is being imprisoned by a regime that is a serial abuser of human rights." | "We make a big mistake if we think the right thing to do is to blame politicians in a democracy who are trying to do the right thing for the plight of a woman who is being imprisoned by a regime that is a serial abuser of human rights." |
| "If the Iranian judiciary want to use the words of a democrat in order to justify an unjustifiable decision then it is our responsibility to call them out. Let's not play their game." | "If the Iranian judiciary want to use the words of a democrat in order to justify an unjustifiable decision then it is our responsibility to call them out. Let's not play their game." |
| Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe is currently serving a five-year sentence after Iran tried her on charges of trying to overthrow the government. | Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe is currently serving a five-year sentence after Iran tried her on charges of trying to overthrow the government. |
| She denies all the allegations against her and says she was in Iran so her daughter could meet her grandparents. | She denies all the allegations against her and says she was in Iran so her daughter could meet her grandparents. |
| She lost her final appeal in April 2017 but has since faced two more charges relating to an accusation of plotting to topple the regime in Tehran. | She lost her final appeal in April 2017 but has since faced two more charges relating to an accusation of plotting to topple the regime in Tehran. |
| Mr Johnson's comments to the House of Commons foreign affairs committee were cited as evidence against her after they were made last week. | Mr Johnson's comments to the House of Commons foreign affairs committee were cited as evidence against her after they were made last week. |
| He has since told MPs he was sorry if his words were "so taken out of context" as "to cause any kind of anxiety". | He has since told MPs he was sorry if his words were "so taken out of context" as "to cause any kind of anxiety". |
| The UK government had "no doubt" she was on holiday when she was arrested, he said. | The UK government had "no doubt" she was on holiday when she was arrested, he said. |