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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has panic attacks in Iran jail | |
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A British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran has been taken to a prison clinic after she "blacked out", her husband has said. | A British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran has been taken to a prison clinic after she "blacked out", her husband has said. |
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted of spying, which she denies. | Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted of spying, which she denies. |
She had just returned to prison after being granted a three-day release over the weekend. | She had just returned to prison after being granted a three-day release over the weekend. |
Richard Ratcliffe said his wife had suffered several panic attacks on Tuesday and Wednesday. | |
He said she had spoken of a headache and numbness in her legs and right arm, as well as a rash. | |
"I think it feels like the physical symptoms of crushing disappointment since she went back into prison," he said. | |
Mr Ratcliffe said the head of the prison was "worried enough to come down and see her", and was "very surprised" that she had not been allowed to extend her furlough. | |
He added she was still in the clinic as far as he knew, despite reports that she had been taken to an external hospital. | |
Back in jail | |
Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe was reunited with her family, including her four-year-old daughter Gabriella, during the temporary release. | |
She voluntarily returned to prison on Sunday night "with her head held high", after her application for an extension was denied. | |
Having received mixed messages, she was told she had to return to prison by sunset on Sunday as the necessary permit had not been signed off. | |
A picture of her saying goodbye to her daughter was posted on the Free Nazanin campaign's Twitter account. | |
Following the news of her ill health on Wednesday, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said "all our thoughts and prayers" were with Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her family. | |
He tweeted: "Unbearable suffering to be apart from [her] daughter with her hopes raised then dashed. We must redouble efforts to find a way to get her home." |