Brit jailed in Iran doesn’t have breast cancer, says husband

DOCTORS have said that jailed British woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe does not have cancer, her husband said.

Richard Ratcliffe said his wife, who is being held in Iran, was examined after finding lumps on her breasts but that they are not cancerous.

“She was taken to hospital 10 days ago and had a check-up again on Saturday. I spoke to her Sunday,” he said. “She had been given medication the week before, the lumps had responded to medication – that meant if they responded to medication they couldn’t be cancerous. So she was hugely relieved.”

Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe is due to have another ultrasound in three months, by which time “hopefully she can be seen by the NHS”, he added.

He said the cancer scare is “one less thing to worry about” but that his main concern is his wife’s mental wellbeing.

“We have asked for a copy of her medical records – so that we can get a sense of how bad things are. Hopefully it will allow the UK government to press for her humanitarian case and medical release,” he said.

He said his wife has been suffering from panic attacks and a doctor recommended she be seen by a psychiatrist but that the appointment “wasn’t allowed”.

Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s mental state has suffered since a gaffe by Boris Johnson about her activities in Iran.

The Foreign Secretary later apologised for the “distress” he caused by his suggestion that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was training journalists in Iran, which has led to the threat of her five-year jail sentence being doubled.

Mr Ratcliffe said he hoped his wife would be home by Christmas after a “constructive” meeting with Mr Johnson earlier this month.