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- Dual national has been in Tehran鈥檚 Evin prison for over 4 years
- Wildlife conservationist a 鈥榩awn鈥� in a 鈥榩olitical chess game鈥�
LONDON: Morad Tahbaz, the British-Iranian dual national jailed in Tehran鈥檚 Evin prison for over four years, has been 鈥渓eft behind鈥� by the UK government, his daughter claims.
Roxanne Tahbaz told the BBC that the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office promised that her father would be freed alongside Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori, who returned to the UK earlier this month.
But Roxanne said her father, a wildlife conservationist, is a 鈥減awn鈥� in a 鈥減olitical chess game,鈥� and the UK government told the family not to talk to the media.
鈥淲e feel no one is really protecting him now as his country has left him behind,鈥� she told the BBC鈥檚 鈥淭oday鈥� radio program. 鈥淒espite the foreign office鈥檚 advice to stay quiet and out of the press and the media, (we) are shedding light and trying to garner some support and ask some questions because he never should have been left behind.
鈥淲e鈥檝e been told they鈥檙e working on it, that it鈥檚 complicated, as the Iranians see him as an American.鈥�