Iran sentences British-Iranian aid worker to another year in jail

Al-Monitor Staff

Apr 26, 2021

Richard Ratcliffe, husband of British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who has been jailed in Tehran since 2016, stands with a petition calling for her release after unsuccessfully attempting to deliver it to the Iranian Embassy in London on March 8, 2021. — BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images

Iran has sentenced British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to another year in jail, a decision that drew quick condemnation from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

"Iran's decision to sentence Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to another year in prison is cruel, inhumane and wholly unjustified," Johnson tweeted on Monday. “She must be allowed to return to her family in the UK and we will continue to do all we can to get her home.”