British PM accused of ‘dismal failure’ over Zaghari-Ratcliffe

LONDON: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been accused of “dismal failure” in standing up to Tehran and securing the release of a dual national detained in Iran since 2016.

Tehran has sentenced Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to another year in prison and a year-long travel ban on new charges of “spreading propaganda” against the regime. Her re-imprisonment has been condemned by the British government.

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, the representative in the family’s constituency, said Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a “victim of torture” at the hands of the Iranian state.