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		</div><p>The husband of a British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran said he fears for his wife after she developed a “cold” amid reports coronavirus had spread into the prison.</p>
<p>Richard Ratcliffe said conditions in the Evin prison in Tehran where Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is held have been “worsening” over the past few months.</p>
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<p>Lack of medicine, disinfectant, bleach and antiseptic in prison shops has forced prisoners to depend on washing liquid to stay clean, while the guards enjoy a supply of essentials, he said.</p>
<p>The 41-year-old Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who already suffers from unexplained collapses to irregular heartbeats, has a cold, a “severe” sore throat and wakes up shivering.</p>
<p>Mr Ratcliffe now fears she may be at risk of contracting Covid-19, which has already claimed 22 lives in the country.</p>
<figure id="attachment_150608" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-150608" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/F6ACB793-9A34-4549-BC78-E2C5F3CC94EA.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="349" class="size-full wp-image-150608" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-150608" class="wp-caption-text">Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.</figcaption></figure>
<p>His comments come after British Conservative MP 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>Writing for the i newspaper, Mr Ratcliffe said: “On Monday we heard reports of cases, on Tuesday of a ward evacuated as a quarantine area.</p>
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<p>“By Wednesday there were rumours of prisoners losing their life, as there had been in other prisons across the country.</p>
<p>“By Thursday, the judiciary was announcing plans to send eligible prisoners home temporarily.</p>
<p>“From far away it is hard to assess the risk calmly in Nazanin’s case – knowing we are not being told the truth is not the same as knowing what the truth is. But this week the panic grew.”</p>
<p>He described Iran’s initial response to the virus as a “bravado” and “a refusal to acknowledge the extent of the problem.”</p>
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