Anoosheh Ashoori lived within the UK for 20 years, however was arrested in Iran after flying out to see his mom.
Like Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, he’s one among a couple of dozen Western twin nationals being held by Iran.
British Overseas Secretary Lis Truss is asking for his or her launch when she meets her Iranian counterpart on Monday.
The UK-based households consider their family are being held hostage, partly as bargaining chips over a £400m debt that Britain owes Iran for a decades-old arms deal that was by no means fulfilled.
Anoosheh’s daughter Elika has a enterprise promoting truffles and macaroons in London’s Greenwich Market.
However her most essential job in the meanwhile is campaigning to attempt to get her father residence from jail in Tehran.
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