New bid to help Briton jailed in Iran

MATTHEW Hedges’ campaigning wife Daniela Tejada now hopes to help another Briton in a foreign jail, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 40, has been in an Iranian prison since being arrested in April 2016 as she and her daughter prepared to return to Britain.

Her husband Richard Ratcliffe and Miss Tejada have been in contact during the campaign she waged to secure Mr Hedges’s release.

Now Miss Tejada wants to work to help him get his wife back from Iran.

Mr Ratcliffe said last night: ‘Daniela has had a really strong and clear campaign that has done great things to bring her husband home.

‘I was very impressed with the clarity, honesty and strength she brought to the campaign. I welcome this offer.’

He added: ‘What’s really important is also the shared experience that you can’t explain to other people. It would be good for us to organise an event together in the future, but first she needs to catch up with her husband.

‘It’s such a great day for them, but also for us, because it’s the hope.’