Rezaian was convicted but later released in January as part of a prisoner swap between Iran and the US.
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“As the politics of Brexit calm down, I hope that after 100 days British political leadership is again able to focus on Nazanin’s and Gabriella’s situation and solve it before another 100 days pass”.
The detained Canadian is Homa Hoodfar, a dual-national professor at Concordia University in Montreal who was arrested in March as she was preparing to return to Canada.
Iran’s judiciary indicted three detained Iranian dual-nationals and a Lebanese citizen also held in the Islamic Republic, the judiciary’s official news website Mizan said on Monday.
These are; Homa Hoodfar, an Iranian-Canadian woman who is a retired university professor, Siamak Namazi, an Iranian-American businessman, and Nizar Zakka, a permanent USA resident from Lebanon who has done work for the United States government.
Nizar Zakka, a US permanent resident from Lebanon who has done work for the American government. Zakka’s family and his supporters are pressing the USA government to become more active in trying to obtain his release, arguing that his arrest was due to his ties to America.
All four arrests were made by members of the country’s powerful Revolutionary Guards, which act independently of Hassan Rouhani’s government and have sought to undermine his administration on various occasions.
Iranian officials have told the family of a British woman jailed in Tehran that they arrested her to pressure the United Kingdom into an agreement and will not grant her freedom until the “deal” is reached.
“That the Iranian authorities are willing to hold a mother and baby hostage for domestic politics and as a bargaining chip in their global negotiations shows that they have reached a very dark place, ” Ratcliffe said.
Homa Hoodfar, a 65-year-old anthropologist who also holds Canadian nationality, was arrested in early June on accusations of “feminist activities” and “security offences”, according to Iranian media. Numerous other dual nationals are now held in the country, including French and British citizens.
Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, of north London, works for the London-based Thomson Reuters Foundation charity.
Iran doesn’t recognize dual nationalities and those detained can not receive consular assistance. We’re extremely anxious that she’s being used as a political pawn.
His infant daughter, Gabriella, also remains in Iran, as authorities seized her passport.
The child has been placed in the care of her family in Iran and Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in solitary confinement at an undisclosed location. -Iranian citizen, was detained by the IRGC last October while in Iran visiting his family.
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It is part of a series of detentions in the wake of last year’s nuclear deal with world powers. “Iran’s judiciary is reviewing their cases very carefully”, said the official, who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter.
