The U.K. government has decided to provide diplomatic protection to a British-Iranian woman detained in Iran for nearly three years.
The Foreign Office said Friday the move means Britain formally asserts that Iran has failed to meet its international obligations in its treatment of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
Her husband Richard Ratcliffe welcomed the move Friday, saying it could lead to a resolution of her case within months. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said legal proceedings against Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Iran were deficient and that she has been denied proper access to health professionals.
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