Officials have downplayed reports Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is set to be released from Iran after state TV suggested Britain would pay a £400m debt to secure her release. Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of the British-Iranian charity worker, said the family had not been updated but welcomed the signals from Tehran over the long-running dispute as “a… Continue reading Apr 2021. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Part 2
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Apr 2021. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Part 1
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been sentenced to another year in prison in Iran, her lawyer has said. The British-Iranian woman is also banned from leaving the country for one year. Her lawyer Hojjat Kermani told Emtedad news website on Monday, April 26, 2021: “Nazanin Zaghari was sentenced to one year in prison and one year ban… Continue reading Apr 2021. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Part 1
Aug 2020. Those Held in Iran
August 2020. Anoosheh Ashoori was arrested in Iran in 2017 and sentenced to 10 years in prison after being accused by the Iranian government of spying, charges he denies. He is one of eight known dual-nationality British citizens to have been arrested and detained in Iran in recent years. That number includes Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, convicted… Continue reading Aug 2020. Those Held in Iran