The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says her case has been a “failure of diplomacy and campaigning” ahead of her return to court in Iran on Sunday.
Richard Ratcliffe said it would take “a long time” for his wife to recover from the psychological trauma of her ordeal, but that continuing media coverage had “kept her a bit safer”.
Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 42, last week completed a five-year sentence in Tehran on spying charges levied by Iranian authorities, the last year of which was spent under house arrest due to the pandemic.
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On the day Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe should be reunited with her husband & daughter, we’re at the Iranian Embassy handing in a petition signed by 160,000 of you demanding that Nazanin is permanently freed. #FreeNazaninpic.twitter.com/xr4E5s1Qx5
Richard Ratcliffe, pictured outside the Iranian Embassy in London along with his daughter Gabriella while holding a photograph of his wife Nazanin who will reappear in court in Tehran on Sunday.