# Iran Rearests Wildlife Activists; Zaghari-Ratcliffe Condemns Action
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has condemned Iran's rearrest of two environmental activists as "unimaginably cruel and alarming." The couple—Sepideh Kashani and her husband Houman Jokar—have been taken back into custody. Kashani and Jokar worked together on efforts to protect the Asiatic cheetah.
Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian dual national who was held at Iran's Evin prison, met Kashani while imprisoned there. Her public statement brings attention to the case from someone with direct experience of Iran's detention system. The rearrest represents a return to custody for the activists after they had apparently been released from detention.
The case underscores ongoing concerns about the treatment of environmental and civil society activists in Iran, particularly regarding the reversibility of release decisions and the conditions faced by detainees held at Evin prison.
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