'For my mother, for my daughter, for the fear of solitary confinement, for the women of my country, for freedom.'
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe names Mahsa Amini and others as she snips sections of hair off in the video
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian national who spent six years in jail in Iran, has cut her hair in solidarity with Iranian protesters.Mahsa Amini, 22, died after allegedly breaching rules requiring women to cover their hair with a hijab. In line with protesters in Iran, Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe is seen cutting her hair in footage give to BBC Persian.
At the end of the video, she says: "For my mother, for my daughter, for the fear of solitary confinement, for the women of my country, for freedom."After a sustained campaign, and negotiation between the British and Iranian governments, she was released in March and returned to the UK.
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