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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ends hunger strike after 15 days

The mother's detention is a source of continuing tension between London and Tehran, with the UK pressing for her urgent release.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Image: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in Tehran in 2016 as she was due to return to the UK
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has ended her hunger strike in an Iranian jail after 15 days, it has been confirmed.

Her husband Richard has also now ended his own enforced fast in support of his wife outside the Iranian embassy in London.

According to the campaign to free the jailed charity worker, the dual British-Iranian national broke her hunger strike with banana, apple and a little porridge, and thanked people for their support.

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Mr Ratcliffe said she had made her point, but did not want to continue because of their five-year-old daughter Gabriella.

"I'm relieved because I wouldn't have wanted her to push it much longer," he said.

Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained in Iran since April 2016 after being accused of spying - a charge she strongly denies.

She was arrested at the airport as she headed back to the UK with her daughter after a family visit and was subsequently sentenced to five years in prison.

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Richard Ratcliffe
Image: Richard and Nazanin, before her imprisonment in an Iranian jail

Her treatment has been a source of continuing tension between London and Tehran, with the UK government pressing for her urgent and unconditional release.

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt earlier this year granted Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe diplomatic protection in an attempt to resolve her case.

The Free Nazanin Twitter account said: "Richard got a phone call from Nazanin from Evin prison this morning - to announce that she has broken her hunger strike.

"She had broken her strike with banana and apple and a small bit of porridge. Richard's strike will also end today and we will be packing down our camp."

Their daughter, Gabriella
Image: The mother ended the hunger strike for the sake of her daughter, Gabriella

A second tweet said: "Thanks to everyone who has supported us so overwhelmingly these past 2 weeks - friends, family, all the MPs, but most of all, the lovely people who have come from around the country to sign our visitors book or bring flowers or send messages of care. #FreeNazanin."