Jeremy Corbyn has called for Boris Johnson to be immediately sacked as Foreign Secretary following his diplomatic blunder in the case of imprisoned British woman, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe .
Mr Corbyn accused Mr Johnson of "citizens at the state" and putting UK citizens at risk after he said that Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been in an Iranian jail for the past 18 months, was "training journalists" there.
In a statement given to The Observer the Labor leader of a series of other diplomatic gaffes and poorly-chosen statements from Mr. Johnson, who was appointed as Foreign Secretary by Ms May when she took over as Prime Minister last summer.
Mr Corbyn said: "We've put up with Johnson embarrassing and undermining our country with his incompetence and colonial throwback views and putting our citizens at risk for long enough. It's time for him to go. "
His call adds to the growing pressure on the Prime Minister to sack Mr Johnson follows his remarks about Ms. Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
Ms May has suffered a tumultuous fortnight with two members of her cabinet forced to resign - Michael Fallon for his past behavior of women and Priti Patel for holding unauthorized meetings with Israeli officials.
The political futures of Mr Johnson now hangs in the balance with Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe for the trumped-up charges of plotting against the Iranian Government.
Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who lived in West Hampstead in London, worked as a project manager with the Thompson Reuters Foundation and was in Iran to visit her parents with her toddler daughter, Gabriella.
She was thrown into jail without trial after being arrested while trying to board a plane back to the UK with Gabriella, and was at first unaware of his charges against her. Her daughter, now aged three, remains in Iran in the care of her grandparents.
Her family, including her husband Richard, were furious at Mr Johnson's comments, which is Mr. Zaghari-Ratcliffe at further risk.
Mr Ratcliffe has called on the Foreign Secretary to meet him and accompany him on a trip to Tehran. The pair are due to meet in the UK on Sunday.
Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her daughter, Gabriella
The Government has previously been accused of having been slow to act in the case,
Some have suggested that Ms Patel. Leave a Reply Ms Patel. Mr Johnson remains popular with many of the parties faithful while others see him as a liability.
Brexit Secretary David Davis leapt to the defense of Mr Johnson as the calls for him to go mounted.
"Why would you want to sack him? He's a good Foreign Secretary, "he told Sky News.
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