Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Boris Johnson arrives for talks in Iran

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Image captionNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in Iran since April 2016

Boris Johnson has arrived in Iran, where he will raise "grave concerns" over the imprisonment of British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

The UK foreign secretary will call for the release of the 37-year-old mother-of-one on humanitarian grounds, along with other dual nationals.

Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in Tehran since April 2016 after being accused of spying, which she denies.

Mr Johnson's first visit to Iran comes amid rising tension in the Middle East.

He will also discuss British concerns over Iranian involvement in conflicts in the region, especially in Syria and Yemen.

BBC diplomatic correspondent James Robbins said Mr Johnson's trip to Tehran - only the third made by a UK foreign secretary since 2003 - could "hardly be more sensitive".

He added that Mr Johnson had been careful to lower any expectations of imminent release for Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, warning that such cases are very difficult.

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Image captionMr Ratcliffe met with Mr Johnson to discuss his wife's case earlier this year

Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested during a holiday visit to enable her parents to meet her baby daughter Gabriella.

After the arrest her daughter's passport was confiscated and for the last 20 months she has been living with her maternal grandparents in Iran.

Mr Johnson was accused of risking an additional five years being added to her sentence when he told a parliamentary committee that she had been in Iran to train journalists.

In November, he apologised in the Commons, retracting "any suggestion she was there in a professional capacity".

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Image captionMrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, and daughter, Gabriella

Mr Johnson then met with her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, to discuss her case, including calls for her to be given diplomatic protection.

Mr Ratcliffe told The Guardian that he was "waiting on tenterhooks, biting my nails", ahead of Mr Johnson's visit.

There have been concerns about Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's health after lumps in her breasts were discovered, but those were found to be non-cancerous.

Tulip Siddiq, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's MP, said she had been told by the Foreign Office that Mr Johnson probably would not be able to secure her imminent release.

"It was made very clear that we shouldn't expect any miracles," the MP for Hampstead and Kilburn said.

Although not mentioning her by name, Mr Johnson said: "I will stress my grave concerns about our dual national consular cases and press for their release where there are humanitarian grounds to do so."

The Foreign Office would not confirm the names or number of other people being held in Iran, saying their families had asked for their cases to be kept out of the public domain.

Media captionNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe speaks on phone during march

In his statement, the foreign secretary listed topics he would raise with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, including finding a political solution to the conflict in Yemen and securing "greater humanitarian access to ease the immense suffering there".

He also said he would underline the UK's support for the 2015 nuclear deal - struck between Iran and six world powers - but "make clear" concerns over the country's activity.

Mr Johnson added: "Iran is a significant country in a strategically important, but volatile and unstable, region which matters to the UK's security and prosperity.

"While our relationship with Iran has improved significantly since 2011, it is not straightforward and on many issues we will not agree.

"But I am clear that dialogue is the key to managing our differences and, where possible, making progress on issues that really matter, even under difficult conditions."

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