Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband criticized Prime Minister Nearly three weeks later, he ended his hunger strike in central London.
Richard Ratcliffe Camped outside the Foreign Affairs, Federal and Development Office (FCDO) for 21 days without food.
After his wife’s latest appeal failed, he began a demonstration on October 24. Iran Said his family was “entangled in a dispute between the two countries.”
On Saturday morning, Mr. Ratcliffe has been holding a hunger strike on King Charles Street. He told the Pennsylvania News Agency that now is the “right time” to end the hunger strike.
“We may hope that we can make a breakthrough in this area. We have not yet.
“I don’t want to go out in an ambulance. I want to go out with my head held up,” he said.
Mr. Ratcliffe also criticized the Prime Minister Boris Johnson Because he was “obviously” absent to talk to him during the protest.
Speaking of Mr. Johnson, Mr. Ratcliffe said: “For many years, he has not adequately dealt with Nazanin’s case.
“He has not fulfilled his promise. We endure these consequences.
“He should pay more attention to this. He shouldn’t just give up the promise he made.”
Mr. Ratcliffe said that Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace stopped to see him earlier and another government minister had also visited him, but he admitted that he saw more people on the Labour Party seat during the presentation.
“Of course we never let the Prime Minister come. Yes, I do think he is capable of disappearing.
“I think his absence in the past three weeks illustrates this. Since Nazanin became prime minister, he has been absent, which makes sense,” he said.
Mr. Ratcliffe said he may be “naive,” but he said: “I do hope he will step up to solve the problem, and once he has the power to do so, he will honor the promise he made as foreign secretary.”
Earlier Saturday, Mr. Ratcliffe’s local MP Tulip Sidick Twitter wrote: “It’s been three weeks since Richard Ratcliffe ate any food last time.
“During that period, none of the government ministers united to visit his camp outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“Will the Prime Minister spare 5 minutes today to interview my voters?”
Mr. Ratcliffe stated that he supports Ms. Siddiq’s views and said that Mr. Johnson is now visiting him “it may be too late.” He added that his wife also asked for a phone call to the prime minister.
The hunger strike ended with the unveiling of a patchwork of all the patches that supporters had been sending during Mr. Ratcliffe’s camp outside FCDO.
Mr. Ratcliffe said he started to feel pain in his feet overnight, and after talking with the doctor, he decided to end the hunger strike.
He said he plans to go to the hospital for an examination on Saturday afternoon and hope to have something to eat.
Mr. Ratcliffe joined him on Saturday with his seven-year-old daughter Gabriela, speaking of his camping time: “Emotionally, it was a pleasant experience. Physically hard. But yes, I Think it might be time to end it now.”
He expressed his “warm thanks” to all those who supported him.
He said: “I can’t survive on my own.” “This kind of well-intentioned experience. The care we received made me humble.”
When Mr. Ratcliffe headed to a car outside FCDO before 2 pm, a group of blessers applauded.
When vehicles drove up King Charles Street to Whitehall, people cheered.
After FCDO officials met with Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Bagherikani on Thursday, the meeting with Foreign Minister James Cleverly made Mr. Ratcliffe feel “disheartened” and “fall into the same status quo.”
He said that he felt that things were not “moving forward” and accused the British government of not “sending a clear enough message to Iran that it is wrong to take hostages.”
Mrs. Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a dual national of the United Kingdom and Iran and has been detained in Iran since he was accused of plotting to overthrow the government in 2016.
When she was arrested and sentenced to five years in prison, spent four years in Evan Prison, and was placed under house arrest for one year, she took the couple’s daughter Gabriela to see her family.
According to her family, she was informed by the Iranian authorities that she was detained because the United Kingdom failed to pay Iran’s 400 million pounds of outstanding debt.
Although Mr. Ratcliffe stated that the government was “silent” during discussions with officials and would not discuss debt issues, the Guardian reported that Britain told Iran that it was unable to repay its debts due to restrictions imposed by sanctions, citing Tehran. Words from the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. minister.
According to the newspaper, Bagerikani said that taking into account the interest, the two parties agreed to pay less than 500 million pounds, adding: “The British government now proposes restrictions on bank interaction, saying it is a difficulty, and finally they do Nothing.”
This is Mr. Ratcliffe’s second hunger strike. Two years ago, he set up camp in front of the Iranian Embassy for 15 days-he said the move was to get his daughter home.
In Mr. Ratcliffe’s latest demonstration, he was interviewed by supporters, including Strictly Dance Co-host Claudia Winkelman, author and host Victoria Coron Mitchell, The leader of the Labour Party, Sir Kil Stammer, and his local MP, Ms. Sidick.
Ms. Siddiq tweeted on Friday that she had debated Mrs. Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s situation in Parliament and urged people to contact their MPs, ask them to speak in the discussion on Tuesday, and “offered to take Nazanin home. Reason”.
