Richard Ratcliffe: Who Is Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s Husband?

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband is Richard Ratcliffe. The couple got married in 2009.

On 7 May 2016, Richard launched an online petition urging both the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Iran’s supreme leader to take appropriate action to secure the safe return of his wife and daughter.

Richard had gone on a hunger strike for 21 days.

Ratcliffe said he had told his wife he would end the protest on Saturday and that he would later be visiting hospital for a full check-up.

He told his supporters on the Free Nazanin Twitter account: “Today I have promised Nazanin to end the hunger strike. Gabriella needs two parents. Thank you all for your overwhelming care these past three weeks.

His strike ended as a patchwork was due to be unveiled, made from all the patches that supporters have been sending throughout his time camped outside the Foreign Office.

Ratcliffe began the demonstration outside the Foreign Office, in central London, last month and endured almost three weeks in his latest attempt to force action from the UK government to bring his wife home.

He was joined at a vigil on Friday by his seven-year-old daughter, Gabriella, and supporters, who gathered in a show of solidarity.

But allies had started to raise concerns for his health and expressed fears that he could permanently damage himself.