She has been in a Tehran jail for three years, after being sentenced to five years for spying. Hunt toughened his stance amid claims that the Iranians had spurned her request for better medical treatment, including regular access to drugs and to her own doctor. Affording Zaghari-Ratcliffe diplomatic protection, a step advocated by campaign group Redress and her husband Richard for nearly two years, also means that from now on, an injury to her is viewed as an injury to the British state. “We have not been able to secure her the medical treatment she urgently needs despite the assurances to the contrary,” Hunt said. I have considered the unacceptable treatment Nazanin has received over three years, including not just lack of access to medical treatment, but also lack of due process in proceedings brought against her”.

Source: The Guardian March 07, 2019 22:30 UTC