Media students film mother's deportation plea

Media students at the University of Derby have lent their help to a woman fighting to prevent the deportation of Iranian asylum-seeker Ali Heydari-Hesar. The students filmed a passionate plea by his partner, Jane Edmonds, urging the government to reconsider its decision. Edmonds is shown with the couple's first child and is heavily pregnant with their second. Today the Derby Evening Telegraph sent the footage to immigration minister Liam Byrne. Heydari-Hesar arrived in England in 2003 and applied for asylum on the grounds that he faced persecution in Iran. His application for asylum was rejected, as was his appeal. He is due to be deported at 5pm today. Edmonds says: "I feel so let down by our government. They're always talking about traditional family values but, here they are, tearing a family apart." (Via Derby Evening Telegraph)