Anoosheh Ashoori pictured with his daughter Elika a year before he was arrested in Iran Elika AshooriThe UK government has declined to comment on a plea from one of its citizens detained in Iran to be given diplomatic protection. It is a rarely-used tool, but it was granted to another dual-national imprisoned in Iran, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, in March 2019. “Diplomatic protection would give gravitas to his case. Although resident in the UK, he travelled to Iran regularly in the years before his detention. “If I have one regret, it is not going to the media sooner,” said Elika Ashoori.

Source: Forbes May 11, 2021 13:07 UTC