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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian, embraces her daughter Gabriella during a brief period of release from Tehran's Evin jail. AFP
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Anoosheh Ashoori with his wife before his arrest in Iran in 2017. Image provided by family
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A guard stands along a corridor in Tehran's Evin prison. Reuters
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Anoosheh Ashoori (far-right) with his family in the UK before his arrest and detention in Iran. Image provided by family
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Anoosheh Ashoori told how sick prisoners suspected to have coronavirus have disappeared. AFP
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian, embraces her daughter Gabriella during a brief period of release from Tehran's Evin jail. AFP
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Anoosheh Ashoori with his wife before his arrest in Iran in 2017. Image provided by family
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A guard stands along a corridor in Tehran's Evin prison. Reuters
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Anoosheh Ashoori (far-right) with his family in the UK before his arrest and detention in Iran. Image provided by family
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Anoosheh Ashoori told how sick prisoners suspected to have coronavirus have disappeared. AFP
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian, embraces her daughter Gabriella during a brief period of release from Tehran's Evin jail. AFP
Evin prisoner pleads for release from Iranian ‘hellhole’
On third anniversary of his imprisonment, Anoosheh Ashoori appeals to leaders of Iran and UK as Covid-19 sweeps Tehran jail
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