00:00It's an incredible emotional day for a number of reasons. The support gives us the energy that we
00:04need to continue fighting for my parents, but it also brings around the fact that a lot of people
00:11stand with how unjust this is. It's not an acceptable situation. And it is, there's a buzz
00:18when you do that naturally, and I think that's important that we feed off of it when you're
00:23in those moments. But, you know, I come home and you get a little bit upset. Well, not a little
00:29bit, you get very upset because you understand the reason that you're doing it is that there's
00:33still two people who happen to be my mum and Craig that are in prison in Iran. So the reasons
00:37that you're having to do so hit home. When was the last time you spoke to your mum? You
00:43say that there's maybe a plan to speak to her on Monday. How long has it been? So we've
00:50gratefully had two phone calls. Prior to that, I hadn't spoken to my mum since May. So, you
00:59know, we don't think that they are always going to happen because it's been let down
01:04before. We've been let down before with the calls. They don't always come. But on the
01:08last two Mondays, I've spoke to my mum for about 30 minutes in total. But yeah, it makes
01:16the biggest difference. Because you just get that moment of connection. Again, there's
01:24varying emotions with that. But a lot of it is reconnecting with the people that you love
01:29is fundamentally important for us. It's massively important for them. Because it's their slice
01:38of normality and their window into the outside world. I've seen that you're supposed to be
01:44meeting Ed Miliband to the Foreign Secretary next week. What will you be asking from him?
01:50Ed has championed my parents publicly a couple of times now. And that I welcome. You know,
01:57it's a breath of fresh air. He's done that off of his own back. I mean, he's obviously aware
02:02of the situation, but he hasn't interacted with us as of yet. But also to get some full
02:09commitment, you know, personal commitments. He, we need his full political weight behind
02:15their case. You know, we need, we've asked for a couple of things. One of them is a clear
02:20answer on why the government continue to call it appalling and unjustifiable, and aren't formally
02:29recognising it as arbitrary detention and diplomatic protection. Again, another serious assessment and
02:35explanation as to if we're not doing that, why not? Because we've seen it being used previously.
02:41And these are tools, right, that the government have at their disposal, that they're currently
02:47choosing not to use. Now, it's understandable at the beginning, you know, we go back to October,
02:56sorry, January 25. Understandable why you wouldn't use those tools and utilise them straight away,
03:02because they're, you know, you're trying to get a grasp on the situation. But when
03:05the situation hasn't changed for this long, we as a family and the legal team and the MPs who are
03:14asking these questions, we need a definitive answer, not just a, you know, we're going to continue
03:18to call it appalling and unjustifiable. So that's what we're going there for. And I think that's why
03:23being able to hand those letters in so that he comes prepared, hopefully with answers,
03:28is an important piece of what Wednesday achieved.
