Iran will do whatever it can in the case of Indian nurse Nimisha Priya, facing a death sentence in Yemen, a senior Iranian official said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Priya, hailing from Kollengode in Kerala’s Palakkad district, has been found guilty of murdering a Yemeni citizen in July 2017.<\/p>\n
The 37-year-old nurse is currently lodged in a jail in Sana’a, the Yemeni capital city that is under the control of Iran-backed Houthis.<\/p>\n
“We will take up the issue. She seems to have been charged with manslaughter. We will do whatever we can in the case on humanitarian grounds,” the Iranian official told a group of journalists in Delhi.<\/p>\n
The Yemeni national, Talal Abdo Mahdi, reportedly died from an overdose of sedatives allegedly injected by Priya to retrieve her passport from him.<\/p>\n
According to reports, Priya was handed capital punishment by a trial court in 2020 while Yemen’s Supreme Judicial Council upheld the verdict in November 2023.<\/p>\n
Yemen’s President Rashad al-Alimi approved the death penalty for Priya a few days ago.<\/p>\n
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal on Tuesday said India is extending all possible help to explore relevant options in the case.<\/p>\n
“We are aware of the sentencing of Nimisha Priya in Yemen. We understand that the family of Priya is exploring relevant options,” Jaiswal said.<\/p>\n
“The government is extending all possible help in the matter,” he said.<\/p>\n
Priya’s mother, Prema Kumari, currently in Sana’a, has made an emotional appeal to the Indian government to save her daughter’s life.<\/p>\n
In a video message from Yemen, Prema Kumari urged the Centre and other authorities to intervene urgently.<\/p>\n
“This is my final plea. She has only a few days left. Every member of the action council has worked tirelessly to raise funds. I beg the Centre and the council to do everything possible to save her life,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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