UK Issues Travel Warning for British-Iranian Nationals ||| NEWS CORNER
British-Iranian dual nationals are advised by the British Foreign Office to avoid all travel schedules to Iran.
In a statement, the Foreign Office said it has changed its travel advice because of the Iranian government’s “continued arbitrary detention and mistreatment of dual nationals.”
“The advice has also changed because of Iranian citizen links with UK institutions,” it added.
The Foreign Office further advised British citizens against traveling to Iran, saying they should not travel within 100 kilometers (62 miles) of the Iran-Afghanistan border and within 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) of Iran-Iraq border.
It said Sistan-Baluchistan province and the area east of the line running from Bam to Jask, including Bam should be avoided.
“Dual nationals face an intolerable risk of mistreatment if they visit Iran. Despite the UK providing repeated opportunities to resolve this issue, the Iranian regime’s conduct has worsened,” British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said.
“Having exhausted all other options, I must now advise all British-Iranian dual nationals against travelling to Iran.
“The dangers they face include arbitrary detention and lack of access to basic legal rights, as we have seen in the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been separated from her family since 2016,” Hunt added.
“Regrettably, I must also offer a message of caution to Iranian nationals resident in the UK – but who return to visit family and friends – especially where the Iranian government may perceive them to have personal links to UK institutions or the British government,” he said.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian dual national, was arrested in 2016 without access to a lawyer and sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of spying for an illegal group.
Source: NAN
Discover more from NEWS CORNER
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in /home/mynewsco/public_html/wp-content/themes/trendyblog-theme/includes/single/post-tags-categories.php on line 7
About author
You might also like
IWD 2025: Uju Charity And Empowerment Initiative Hails Women For Their Sacrifices ||| NEWS CORNER
2025 International Women’s Day The Management, and members of Uju Charity And Empowerment Initiative, UCEI, felicitates with all women around the world on the 2025 International Women’s Day celebration. March
Electoral Bill To Be Sent To Buhari For Assent As Reps Approve Conference Committee Report ||| NEWS CORNER
The house of representatives has approved the conference committee report on the electoral act amendment bill. The development comes a few hours after the senate approved the report on the
Prosecutor Reveals Egyptian Video Maker, Shady Died of Alcohol Poisoning in Jail ||| NEWS CORNER
Egypt’s public prosecutor said Tuesday that alcohol poisoning caused the death in jail of a young music-video maker after he drank liquid sanitiser he had mistaken for water. Shady Habash,
2018 JAMB: Over 1.5M UTME Results released. ||| NEWS CORNER
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has on 20th of March, 2018 released the long awaited results of 1,502,978 candidates who sat for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.
New Imo Immigration Comptroller Resumes Duty ||| NEWS CORNER
By Longinus Anyanwu. Mr Patrick Ebegbune, a comptroller of Nigeria Immigration Service who was recently posted to Imo State has resumed duties. Mr Ebegbune who henceforth heads the Imo state
Hon Chike Okafor Congratulates Comrade Alozie on Election Victory ||| NEWS CORNER
The Member representing Ehime Mbano, Ihitte-Uboma, Obowo Federal Constituency, in the House of Representatives, Hon Deacon Chike Okafor, Ph.D have congratulated the Imo Correspondent of Vanguard Newspapers, Comrade Chinonso Alozie







0 Comments
No Comments Yet!
You can be first to comment this post!