The Guardian | Saeed Kamali Dehghan: UK plan to offer status to jailed British-Iranian woman fails to account for Tehran’s rejection of dual nationality, source says

Iran is poised to reject a UK proposition to grant Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe BORIS JOdiplomatic protection, a move advocated by her family to escalate her case from a consular issue to a state matter.

As Boris Johnson held a face-to-face meeting with the British-Iranian woman’s husband, Richard Ratcliffe, on Wednesday, the first such meeting since the she was jailed in April 2016, Iran signalled it would not countenance such a step because it does not recognise dual nationality. Tehran, which treats Zaghari-Ratcliffe solely as an Iranian, has indicated any such move would trigger a severe reaction.

The Irna state news agency, which reflects the views of the Iranian establishment, carried an article saying that the principle of giving her diplomatic protection, even if it does not extend to diplomatic immunity, is fundamentally impractical.

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