The pop group has rereleased a refashioned version of the song Man Don't Cry to send a message of hope and support to British Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe currently being held against her will in Iran.
"I hope people just, even if they don't like the song, they don't like me, the Christians or anything, forget that just download," he says."We want to raise money, we want to get Nazanin back, back home."
The song is accompanied by a moving video featuring some of the more emotional moments of the five-year effort to get Nazanin home.Former hostage John McCarthy told Sky News he welcomed the song being used again and said the video is a powerful watch."And you know it's slow-moving seeing Richard out in Westminster Square on his hunger strike ... it's very powerful, you know. After a couple of viewings one is in tears.
Nazanin is being held in Tehran against her will and faces being returned to jail on more trumped-up charges.She was able to join the recording by video call to hear what's being done in her name."It's a lovely song," he says."It's a nice uplifting song. It's a song that says don't be sad, we're still thinking of you, we're still battling for you, your husband's still going, there will be a tomorrow.
Mr Ratcliffe said:"Coming up to Christmas she was asking yesterday when's she coming back, and also why does it have to be my Mummy - and there are no easy answers to that." This will be Nazanin's sixth Christmas apart from her family. Efforts to secure her release are not making progress.Richard has now done two hunger strikes to highlight her plight.
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