Mother held in Iran to start hunger strike
A British-Iranian mother held in Tehran plans to go on hunger strike today in protest at being denied medical care while in prison. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says that she will refuse food for three days despite fears that the Iranian authorities will cut off visits from her four-year-old daughter. She will consider extending the protest if her demands to see a doctor are not met. Richard Ratcliffe said his wife felt a ‘‘strong sense of trepidation’’ before the hunger strike. He added: ‘‘The question is whether she’ll just strike for the three days she announced or whether she’ll decide to go on.’’