UK Urges Iran to Release British-Born Environmentalist Morad Tahbaz

Roxanne Tahbaz holds a photograph of her father, Morad Tahbaz, outside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in London, on April 13, 2022. Rob Pinney/Getty Images

The UK government has called on the Iranian regime to release a British-born environmentalist from the notorious Evin prison.

Morad Tahbaz, 66, a British-U.S.-Iranian wildlife conservationist, was arrested in 2018 and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.