Dual national Morad Tahbaz ends hunger strike in Iranian jail

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : She said: "We had been expecting to see him on the plane, but before that happened we were told this was to be an unlimited furlough and a lifting of the travel ban on my mother.
44% : The Foreign Office said it was working to secure his permanent release, but his plight has been made more difficult by the fact that he is a tri-national and Iran treats him primarily as a UScitizen.
40% : He is still in prison and she is still on a travel ban.
40% : The US special envoy for Iran, Rob Malley, said at the weekend the US had agreed that the British took the lead in the talks about the plight of US dual nationals.
40% : The US has no direct diplomatic relations with Iran.
38% : Tahbaz, 66, initially refused food in protest at being returned to jail following a confused 48 hours in which he was allowed to his family home in Tehran, then sent to a hotel before finally returning to jail.
36% : He remains in jail in Tehran contrary to an agreement the British claimed it had struck with the Iranians.

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