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| Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe speaks to supporters at London rally by phone | Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe speaks to supporters at London rally by phone |
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| ‘All that is on my mind is to be back home’, the Briton jailed in Iran since 2016 told protesters marching for her release, including Emma Thompson | |
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| Sat 25 Nov 2017 15.31 GMT | |
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| Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British woman being held in Iran, has spoken to a rally in London by phone from prison, saying that returning home to her family is “all that is on my mind”. | Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British woman being held in Iran, has spoken to a rally in London by phone from prison, saying that returning home to her family is “all that is on my mind”. |
| Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been imprisoned in Tehran since April 2016, when she was arrested at the city’s airport after a holiday with her then 22-month-old daughter Gabriella. | Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been imprisoned in Tehran since April 2016, when she was arrested at the city’s airport after a holiday with her then 22-month-old daughter Gabriella. |
| She could now face having her five-year jail sentence doubled after the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, wrongly suggested in public that she had been training journalists in Iran. Many have called for Johnson to stand down over the blunder. | She could now face having her five-year jail sentence doubled after the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, wrongly suggested in public that she had been training journalists in Iran. Many have called for Johnson to stand down over the blunder. |
| Zaghari-Ratcliffe addressed those attending the rally in north London, including actor Emma Thompson, through a phone and loudspeaker, thanking them for their support. | Zaghari-Ratcliffe addressed those attending the rally in north London, including actor Emma Thompson, through a phone and loudspeaker, thanking them for their support. |
| “I’m so grateful for everybody’s support and love ... I am so overwhelmed and moved,” she said. “All that is on my mind is to be back home and to be back with my family.” | “I’m so grateful for everybody’s support and love ... I am so overwhelmed and moved,” she said. “All that is on my mind is to be back home and to be back with my family.” |
| Zaghari-Ratcliffe was sentenced to five years in jail on charges of spying and seeking to overthrow the Tehran regime, and has been held in solitary confinement. | Zaghari-Ratcliffe was sentenced to five years in jail on charges of spying and seeking to overthrow the Tehran regime, and has been held in solitary confinement. |
| Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a 38-year-old Iranian-British dual national who has been jailed in Iran since April 2016. She has been accused of attempting to orchestrate a “soft overthrow” of the Islamic Republic. She and her three-year-old daughter, Gabriella, were about to return to the UK from Iran after a family visit when she was arrested. Since then, she has spent most of her time in Evin prison in Tehran, separated from her daughter. | Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a 38-year-old Iranian-British dual national who has been jailed in Iran since April 2016. She has been accused of attempting to orchestrate a “soft overthrow” of the Islamic Republic. She and her three-year-old daughter, Gabriella, were about to return to the UK from Iran after a family visit when she was arrested. Since then, she has spent most of her time in Evin prison in Tehran, separated from her daughter. |
| Zaghari-Ratcliffe worked for BBC Media Action between February 2009 and October 2010 before moving to Thomson Reuters Foundation, the news agency’s charitable arm, as a project manager. Her family has always said that she was in Iran on holiday. | Zaghari-Ratcliffe worked for BBC Media Action between February 2009 and October 2010 before moving to Thomson Reuters Foundation, the news agency’s charitable arm, as a project manager. Her family has always said that she was in Iran on holiday. |
| Her family has led a long-running campaign for her release, saying she is innocent and raising fears for her physical and mental health. | Her family has led a long-running campaign for her release, saying she is innocent and raising fears for her physical and mental health. |
| At the protest, a tearful Thompson called on the government to do more to bring Zaghari-Ratcliffe home. | At the protest, a tearful Thompson called on the government to do more to bring Zaghari-Ratcliffe home. |
| The actor, who was suffering from pneumonia, called on the foreign secretary to “get on a plane”. | The actor, who was suffering from pneumonia, called on the foreign secretary to “get on a plane”. |
| “We are a net of compassion and love for Nazanin and her family. This is what we human beings do best, in stark contrast to the bunch of angry molecules bumping around in Westminster. | “We are a net of compassion and love for Nazanin and her family. This is what we human beings do best, in stark contrast to the bunch of angry molecules bumping around in Westminster. |
| “If I can get out of bed with pneumonia to support a horribly abused member of our community, then our foreign secretary can get on a plane and go to Iran and deal with the problem he’s so seriously exacerbated.” | “If I can get out of bed with pneumonia to support a horribly abused member of our community, then our foreign secretary can get on a plane and go to Iran and deal with the problem he’s so seriously exacerbated.” |
| Thompson added: “The screw is twisting more and more and her physical and mental health is deteriorating to such a degree now that I think we are in a very urgent situation. | Thompson added: “The screw is twisting more and more and her physical and mental health is deteriorating to such a degree now that I think we are in a very urgent situation. |
| “I can’t imagine the effect of being separated for 19 months from your child. I would have gone bonkers if that had happened to me. I’m just so passionate about getting her back, it’s a sort of physical feeling of anguish for her.” | “I can’t imagine the effect of being separated for 19 months from your child. I would have gone bonkers if that had happened to me. I’m just so passionate about getting her back, it’s a sort of physical feeling of anguish for her.” |
| The Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, Tulip Siddiq, spoke to Zaghari-Ratcliffe and later said: “We discussed how we would take both our daughters to Peppa Pig World when she’s released.” | The Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, Tulip Siddiq, spoke to Zaghari-Ratcliffe and later said: “We discussed how we would take both our daughters to Peppa Pig World when she’s released.” |
| Zaghari-Racliffe’s husband, Richard Ratcliffe, said: “It is profoundly moving to see so many people here. I can really feel the love, and Nazanin can feel the love, and in the end that’s the most important thing, that’s what keeps us going.” | Zaghari-Racliffe’s husband, Richard Ratcliffe, said: “It is profoundly moving to see so many people here. I can really feel the love, and Nazanin can feel the love, and in the end that’s the most important thing, that’s what keeps us going.” |
| The rally took place before a march to the Shia Islamic Centre of England in Maida Vale, north-west London, to hand in a “mothers’ open letter” to the Iranian government asking for Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release from prison in Tehran. | The rally took place before a march to the Shia Islamic Centre of England in Maida Vale, north-west London, to hand in a “mothers’ open letter” to the Iranian government asking for Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release from prison in Tehran. |
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