Johnson in bid to help jailed mother

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is to visit Iran this weekend to try to secure the release of jailed British mother Nazanin Zaghari-ratcliffe.

Mr Johnson’s trip to Tehran is only the third by a UK Foreign Secretary since 2003 and comes at a time of tension in the Middle East over Donald Trump’s announcement that he is recognising Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

During his visit, Mr Johnson will also seek to shore up bilateral relations and urge Tehran to stick by the terms of its 2015 nuclear deal.