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Iran is treating the detained British-Iranian charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in the “most abusive, torturous way”, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said.
Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been detained in Iran since 2016, was being held hostage by Tehran for diplomatic leverage, he said.
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This year she completed a five-year prison term for espionage charges, but last week she was sentenced to another 12 months in jail after being convicted of propaganda against the system , charges she denies. Nazanin is held unlawfully in my view as a matter of international law, I think she s being treated in the most abusive, tortuous way, Mr Raab told the BBC.
Jaishankar to visit London for G7 FMs meet on Monday, likely to interact with US Secretary of State
The meet takes place in London from May 3 to 5 and will be the first physical G7 FMs meet to take place in over 2 years. File photo
Updated: May 2, 2021, 09:46 PM IST
New Delhi: India s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar will visit the United Kingdom tomorrow for the G7 Foreign Ministers meet. The UK has invited India for an in-person G7 foreign ministers meeting, for which FMs of Australia, South Korea, South Africa, and the Chair and Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have also been invited.
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The UK and US denied claims by Iranian state media that a prisoner swap was under way after anonymous sources on Sunday said Britain would pay millions of pounds to Tehran to free Iranian-British charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
Hours earlier, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab condemned Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe s torturous treatment by Iran.
She is one of three Iranian-British dual nationals held in Iran and any government deal with Tehran would look to secure the release of all of them.
Anoosheh Ashoori, 66, a retired engineer, is serving a 10-year sentence in Evin prison after being convicted of spying for Israel, despite never having visited the country.
India has been invited to the meeting as a guest country. (File)
London:
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will begin a four-day visit to London from Monday primarily to attend a meeting of foreign ministers of Group of Seven (G7) rich nations.
India has been invited to the meeting as a guest country. The external affairs minister will be visiting London from May 3-6 to participate in the G7 foreign ministers meeting, at which India has been invited as a guest country. He will thereafter undertake a bilateral visit to the UK, the Ministry of External Affairs said.
The G7 member countries are Britain, the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan.
UK in last lap in fight against COVID-19, says Foreign Secretary By the time we get to June 21 almost all social restrictions will be lifted, Dominic Raab said.
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LONDON: The UK is very close to turning the corner in its fight against the coronavirus pandemic and it is important to remain careful in the last lap of the process, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Sunday.
The senior Cabinet minister was defending the government s roadmap out of the lockdown, which is now set to ease further on May 17 when greater indoor interactions are expected to be allowed, with June 21 set as the date for a near complete end to lockdown rules.