UK says jail term for British-Iranian aid worker inhumane and unjustified


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  • Monday, 26 Apr 2021

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab wears a protective mask during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Brussels, Belgium April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/Pool

LONDON (Reuters) - British foreign minister Dominic Raab on Monday criticised a one-year jail sentence given in Iran to British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

"This is a totally inhumane and wholly unjustified decision," Raab said in a statement. “We continue to call on Iran to release Nazanin immediately so she can return to her family in the UK.”

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