9 Mar 2020

British-Iranian prisoner pleads with Johnson to help get him out of jail

International Editor

Iran’s Health Ministry has updated the number of people who’ve died there to 237 , but there are fears that the total may be much higher.

Iran’s Health Ministry has updated the number of people who’ve died there to 237 , but there are fears that the total may be much higher.

Doctor have told this programme the hospitals are struggling and prisoners say they are in grave danger.

From Tehran’s Evin prison, the British-Iranian man Anousheh Ashouri, has begged for help from Boris Johnson, in a call to his wife in London this morning.

Our international editor Lindsey Hilsum reports.