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Anoosheh Ashoori, one of the British-Iranian dual nationals held in Evin prison in Tehran, has lost access to a phone, depriving him, according to his wife, of his lifeline to sanity and the outside world.
His wife, Sherry, told the Guardian: “He is completely shut off, and the daily phone conversations were his route to sanity and what was going on in the world, including how the campaign was going for his release. He is completely dependent on those calls.” He has previously made suicide attempts in jail.
The British ambassador to Tehran, Rob Macaire, has made representations to the Iranian foreign ministry but there has been no response.
Anoosheh, 66, a retired engineer and father of two, is serving 10 years in jail for allegedly spying for Israel, charges he has denied. He normally manages to speak to his wife based in London for up to 20 minutes a day over two or three calls, depending on how much phone time he can buy from other prisoners.
...Le Figaro reported this week that a French-Iranian dual national and a German had been seized by Iran early this month. They may have been seized as leverage in anticipation of the sentencing of an Iranian diplomat, Assadolah Assadi, in Belgium on 4 February.
At the beginning of the week 58 countries led by Canada signed a declaration deploring the detention of foreign nationals for political purposes. The declaration did little to define hostage diplomacy, and countries such as Iran are adept at producing conspiratorial links between the accused.
www.theguardian.com
That doesn't sound sane. No credibility.
His wife, Sherry, told the Guardian: “He is completely shut off, and the daily phone conversations were his route to sanity and what was going on in the world, including how the campaign was going for his release. He is completely dependent on those calls.” He has previously made suicide attempts in jail.
The British ambassador to Tehran, Rob Macaire, has made representations to the Iranian foreign ministry but there has been no response.
Anoosheh, 66, a retired engineer and father of two, is serving 10 years in jail for allegedly spying for Israel, charges he has denied. He normally manages to speak to his wife based in London for up to 20 minutes a day over two or three calls, depending on how much phone time he can buy from other prisoners.
...Le Figaro reported this week that a French-Iranian dual national and a German had been seized by Iran early this month. They may have been seized as leverage in anticipation of the sentencing of an Iranian diplomat, Assadolah Assadi, in Belgium on 4 February.
At the beginning of the week 58 countries led by Canada signed a declaration deploring the detention of foreign nationals for political purposes. The declaration did little to define hostage diplomacy, and countries such as Iran are adept at producing conspiratorial links between the accused.
Briton held in Iran 'completely shut off' after losing phone access
Wife of Anoosheh Ashoori, a British-Iranian dual national, says daily calls from prison were his ‘route to sanity’
www.theguardian.com
That doesn't sound sane. No credibility.
