The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has criticised Prime Minister Boris Johnson as he ended his hunger strike in central London after almost three weeks. Richard Ratcliffe spent 21 days camped outside the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) without food. He began his demonstration on Oct. after his wife lost her latest appeal in Iran, saying his family was “caught in a dispute between two states.” On Saturday morning on King Charles Street, where Ratcliffe has been staging his hunger strike, he told the PA news agency it was “the right time” to bring it to an end. “We probably hoped we’d get a breakthrough doing this. We haven’t yet,” he said. “I didn’t want to go out in an ambulance. I want to walk out with my head held high.” Ratcliffe criticised the prime minister for his “telling” absence in talking to him during the protest, adding that Johnson “hasn’t …
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