Zaghari-Ratcliffe condemns Iran’s ‘cruel’ rearrest of wildlife activist couple

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Iran's Ministry of Intelligence rearrested environmentalists Houman Jokar and Sepideh Kashani at their home on 1 July, with no charges disclosed and their whereabouts unknown. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe condemned the arrests as 'cruel,' highlighting a broader crackdown on civil society amid Amnesty's report of over 6,000 detentions since the US-Israel war on Iran.

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was in prison with Sepideh Kashani, who worked with husband Houman Jokar to save Asiatic cheetahNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has described the rearrest of two Iranian environmentalists, one of whom she met at Evin prison, as “unimaginably cruel and alarming”. Husband and wife Houman Jokar and Sepideh Kashani were arrested by the ministry of intelligence at their home on 1 July.

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