British Foreign Secretary: Iran should do the right thing and release dual nationals

The British Foreign Secretary once again called for the release of British-Iranian prisoners Anousheh Ashouri, Morad Tahbaz, and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from Iranian prisons, calling their release "the right thing to do."

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab tweeted on Friday, April 25: “As the current UN Human Rights Council sessions conclude, we once again call on Iran to do the right thing and release Anousheh Ashouri, Morad Tahbaz, and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe so they can return to the UK and their loved ones.”

Mr Raab continued the tweet by writing: "We will do everything we can to bring them home."

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anousheh Ashouri hold Iranian and British citizenship. Prominent Iranian environmental activist Morad Tahbaz also holds American and British citizenship and has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Islamic Republic.

Some Western analysts say that the Islamic Republic uses dual nationals as hostages to obtain money and privileges from Western governments.

The United States has repeatedly condemned the Islamic Republic's arbitrary and unjustified detention of American and other citizens, including dual Iranian nationals, and called for their immediate and unconditional release.

Source: Voice of America