Britain is to give jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe d...
LONDON - Britain is to give jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe diplomatic protection in an attempt to put pressure on Iran to release her.
“I have today decided that the UK will take a step that is extremely unusual, and exercise diplomatic protection,” Hunt said in a statement late on Thursday, adding that the move signaled to Tehran that “its behavior is totally wrong”. Hunt told BBC radio that Britain had not granted any individual diplomatic protection for over 100 years.
Hunt was asked by BBC radio if he would now summon Iran’s ambassador, take Iran to an international court, or impose sanctions. “All these things are possible, but we would like to solve this in an amicable way,” he said.
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