Jeremy Hunt

Boris Johnson is calling for the release of imprisoned British-Iranian national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, if he meets with Iran 's President later.

The Prime Minister , Hassan Rouhani meeting at a UN summit in New York ,

It Comes amid calls for him to take a tougher line with Tehran over its detention of dual nationals.

Mrs Zahgari-Ratcliffe has been imprisoned in Iran since April of 2016.

The 40-year-old was jailed for five years until 2016, after he was convicted for espionage, which she denies.

On his flight to New York on Sunday, Mr Johnson told reporters: "I will not. only about the Iranian action in the region, but also the need to release not only her but others, in our view, illegally and unjustly held in Tehran "

the Former foreign Minister Jeremy Hunt suggested that Mr Johnson should be a new coalition of allies in the United Nations to call Iran for its "diplomatic hostages".

And Ms. Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband, Richard Ratcliffe, said the Prime Minister has to say, his Iranian counterpart, "enough is enough" and secure his wife's release.

"I don't care how he does it, but this has been going on long enough," he said.

"Nazanin is at the end of their forces. We need to be clear with Iran that it's behavior is OK to hostage diplomacy. "

Mr Hunt, is to move the support of Mr. Ratcliffe's, a new campaign group, the other families of different nationalities, with the nationals held in Tehran .

He told BBC Radio 4 's Today programme it should be a priority to ensure The Price -the taking of hostages is "too high" for Iran .

"Iran is one of The Few countries in The World , in the settlement of disputes by the taking of hostages," he said.

He said, it is thought that other countries' citizens were taken hostage in Iran , and only together the countries can find a solution.

"If Europe and the US go their separate ways on Iran , it works," he said.

Mr Ratcliffe said the efforts by Mr Johnson to his wife, was dismissed to make amends for comments he served as foreign Minister in the year 2017,

Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's family has always insisted that she was on holiday in Iran when she was arrested and the British government later clarified that it had "No Doubt " this is not the case.

some people with dual Iranian and foreign nationals have been arrested in Iran in recent years.

In August, a spokesman for the Iranian judiciary said a British-Iranian dual national, Anousheh Ashouri, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by a court in Tehran after he was convicted of spying for Israel.

weeks later,

Anglo-Australian Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a Middle East policy specialist at the University of Melbourne, on the charges that remain unclear,

Australian Mark Firkin and Jolie king, who also has a British Passport - are also being held in Iran .

Earlier this year, the British foreign office because of The Risk of arbitrary detention.

tensions between Britain and Iran have deteriorated in recent months.

The Meeting between Mr Johnson and Mr Rouhani is coming to the UK, France and Germany agreed on Monday that Iran was responsible for The Attack on the Saudi oil facilities last weekend.

Saudi Arabia has Iran accused of carrying out the 14. September attacks, in which 18 drones, and seven cruise missiles hit an oil field and processing facility.

accused of But, the UK, France and Germany, of "parroting absurd US claims".

the BBC's diplomatic correspondent James Landale said slowly and carefully, some diplomatic pressure was applied on Iran .

add But he added that there were ready little evidence Iran was a diplomatic concessions, not least in Europe and the United States appeared uncertain How To respond to the Saudi attacks.

Source of news: bbc.com