MP says UK denying help to British-Iranian mother in Tehran jail

Tulip Siddiq claims Foreign Office less keen to act for dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe than her solely British daughter

An imprisoned British-Iranian mother would face separation from her three-year-old British daughter under a “two-tier system” which means the UK government denies help to people with dual nationality, an MP has said.

Tulip Siddiq, who is Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s local MP, said she had been shocked by a meeting with the Foreign Office in which she said a minister implied the government was willing to help the charity worker’s young daughter, Gabriella, who is solely a British citizen, more than her.

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