A British-Iranian woman serving a five-year jail sentence in Iran is at breaking point after going on hunger strike in protest against her incarceration, according to her husband. “They received a call on Thursday to go to Evin prison on Friday for an emergency visit for the whole family. “Unfortunately her husband has tried pressurising the Iranian legal system to go beyond legal requirements and pardon her. Her case is not relevant whatsoever to the other issues and is considered on its own merits.”The Iranian official said Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s lawyer had appealed against the sentence, which was under review. She said: “Nazanin … had started a hunger strike five days before [the family’s visit] and on seeing her, Nazanin’s mother fainted.

Source: The Guardian November 21, 2016 14:01 UTC