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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maryam Zakir-Hussain

Ex-Iran detainee Anoosheh Ashoori accuses Boris Johnson of ‘opportunism’ for reaching out after release

PA

A former -Iran detainee has accused Boris Johnson of ‘opportunism’, claiming the prime minister only reached out to him after his release from detention.

The 67-year-old British Iranian Anoosheh Ashoori was held in Tehran’s Evin prison for five years after a visit to Iran in August 2017 to see his elderly mother.

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