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Eighty-nine-year-old barrister Margaret Owen OBE recently embarked on a six-day hunger strike to raise awareness of the case of British-Iranian detainee Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

Nazanin has been detained in Iran for five years on spying charges and lost an appeal against a second jail sentence in October. She鈥檚 currently under house arrest in her parents' home in Tehran.

Margaret鈥檚 protest followed the 21-day hunger strike by Nazanin鈥檚 husband Richard Ratcliffe outside the Foreign Office.

Her hunger strike ended last week and she joined Emma Barnett on Woman鈥檚 Hour to talk about why she felt it was important to do.

You can hear Margaret and Emma鈥檚 conversation in full by listening to the 30 November episode of Woman鈥檚 Hour on 大象传媒 Sounds.

We received a statement from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office about the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe:

鈥淚ran鈥檚 decision to proceed with these baseless charges against Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is an appalling continuation of the cruel ordeal she is going through. Iran should urgently release all those British nationals unfairly detained in Iran.

鈥淲e are doing all we can to help all unfairly detained British nationals in Iran get home to their families. We will continue to press Iran on this issue at every opportunity.鈥�

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