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		</div><p>The husband of a British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran believes his wife has contracted coronavirus as he expressed concern at the prison’s “refusal to test her”.</p>
<p>Richard Ratcliffe called on the Government to insist that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was immediately tested for the virus by officials at the Evin prison in Tehran.</p>
<p>Although there are currently no confirmed cases at the prison, Covid-19 has spread rapidly across Iran – with at least 43 dead amid 593 patients identified.</p>
<p>In an update on Saturday, issued through the Free Nazanin Campaign, Mr Ratcliffe said his wife had seen “no improvement” and was suffering with a continual cold sweat and a feeling of nausea.</p>
<p>In a phone call with her family, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe said: <em>“For a long time this has not felt like a normal cold.</em></p>
<p><em>“These symptoms have lasted almost a week. I know I need to get medicine to get better. This does not go magically.”</em></p>
<p>Mr Ratcliffe said his wife had informed the prison guards of her symptoms and that she suspected she could be suffering from coronavirus, but she is yet to be tested.</p>
<p>Following reports of conditions at the prison on Friday, he said a new batch of disinfectants, gloves and masks were made available to the ward.</p>
<p><em>“We are concerned by the prison authorities’ refusal to test her and the wider suppression of coronavirus inside the Iranian prison system,”</em> Mr Ratcliffe said.</p>
<p>“We call on the UK Government to insist that Nazanin is tested for coronavirus immediately and is treated properly.</p>
<p>“We further call on the Prime Minister to take charge as part of his coronavirus efforts to ensure that British Iranians held hostage in Evin prison are diplomatically protected.”</p>
<p>On Thursday, UK Commons leader Jacob Rees-Mogg said that while the Iranian authorities have denied any outbreak of coronavirus at the prison, he would “not always take as authoritative” such remarks.</p>
<p>Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport while travelling to show her young daughter, Gabriella, to her parents in April 2016.</p>
<p>She was sentenced to five years in prison over allegations, which she denies, of plotting to overthrow the Tehran government.</p>
<p>She was later afforded diplomatic protection by the UK Government, which argues that she is innocent and that her treatment by Iran failed to meet obligations under international law.</p>
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