Sister of US-UK national still in Iran pleads for help


  • World
  • Saturday, 19 Mar 2022

Tahrane Tahbaz, sister of detained Iranian-American environmentalist Morad Tahbaz, who also holds British citizenship, looks at a book that her brother made after talking with Reuters at her home in Madrid, Spain, March 18, 2022. Tahrane Tahbaz told Reuters that her brother Morad Tahbaz had been taken back to prison on Friday after being released on furlough on Wednesday. REUTERS/Juan Medina

MADRID (Reuters) - The sister of an Iranian-American environmentalist made a plea for his release after two dual nationals including British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe were allowed to leave the country this week.

Taraneh Tahbaz told Reuters that her brother, Morad Tahbaz, who also holds British citizenship, had been taken back to prison on Friday after being released on furlough on Wednesday.

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