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| Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Husband Richard on hunger strike to urge government to help | Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Husband Richard on hunger strike to urge government to help |
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| Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of Iranian detainee Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, has been on hunger strike in Whitehall since 24 October, demanding the government does more to secure her release. | Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of Iranian detainee Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, has been on hunger strike in Whitehall since 24 October, demanding the government does more to secure her release. |
| Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian dual national, was first jailed in Tehran in 2016 on spying charges, which she has always denied. | Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian dual national, was first jailed in Tehran in 2016 on spying charges, which she has always denied. |
| BBC video journalist Lorna Acquah has been visiting Mr Ratcliffe to talk about the physical and emotional toll of the hunger strike and its impact on his seven-year-old daughter. | BBC video journalist Lorna Acquah has been visiting Mr Ratcliffe to talk about the physical and emotional toll of the hunger strike and its impact on his seven-year-old daughter. |
| It comes as Iran's deputy foreign minister Bagheri Kani is due to hold talks with officials from the Foreign Office in London. | |
| Mr Ratcliffe, who will meet Foreign Office minister James Cleverly later, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I guess I'm looking for some kind of a breakthrough." | |
| Filmed and edited by Lorna Acquah | Filmed and edited by Lorna Acquah |
| Photography: Sarah Gharib | Photography: Sarah Gharib |