Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Ashoori back in Britain after Iran deal
2 years, 9 months ago

Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Ashoori back in Britain after Iran deal

Associated Press  

LONDON — Two British citizens who had been jailed in Iran for more than five years — charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and retired civil engineer Anoosheh Ashoori — returned home to their families’ hugs and tears Thursday after the U.K. settled a decades-old debt to Iran. But we live in the future.″ The release of Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Ashoori came as the U.S., Britain and other countries seek to secure the release of dozens of dual nationals detained by Iran, which doesn’t recognize their right to hold citizenship in another country. Zaghari-Ratcliffe was sentenced to five years in prison after she was convicted of plotting the overthrow of Iran’s government, a charge that she, her supporters and rights groups deny. In France, the family of a French tourist jailed in Iran since May 2020 welcomed the release and urged French authorities to accomplish “without delay” what British authorities achieved.

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tells of ‘constant worry’ for family in Iran
1 year, 2 months ago

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tells of ‘constant worry’ for family in Iran

The Independent  

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Government rejected chances to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, say MPs
1 year, 9 months ago

Government rejected chances to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, say MPs

The Independent  

The UK government imposed “significant suffering” on Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori by rejecting changes to free them from captivity in Iran, a damning report by MPs has found. The report criticised the “considerable ministerial transience” in recent years, after Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe questioned, on her release, why it took five foreign secretaries over six years to bring her home. Nazanin …

Nazanin Zaghari Radcliffe sobs during reunion with daughter after six years in prison
1 year, 9 months ago

Nazanin Zaghari Radcliffe sobs during reunion with daughter after six years in prison

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Iran ‘has not received £400m from UK agreed before Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release’
2 years, 8 months ago

Iran ‘has not received £400m from UK agreed before Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release’

The Independent  

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Daughter of British national held in Iran ‘devastated’ by false hope
2 years, 8 months ago

Daughter of British national held in Iran ‘devastated’ by false hope

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MPs to stage inquiry into Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s detention in Iran
2 years, 9 months ago

MPs to stage inquiry into Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s detention in Iran

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe back with her family after six-year ordeal
2 years, 9 months ago

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe back with her family after six-year ordeal

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Emotional moment Nazanin Ratcliffe hugs her daughter after 2173 days ‘of hell’ in Iran
2 years, 9 months ago

Emotional moment Nazanin Ratcliffe hugs her daughter after 2173 days ‘of hell’ in Iran

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A timeline of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s detention in Iran
2 years, 9 months ago

A timeline of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s detention in Iran

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ‘leaves Tehran’ after six years detained in Iran
2 years, 9 months ago

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ‘leaves Tehran’ after six years detained in Iran

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What did Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe do? A timeline of her arrest and sentence in Iran
2 years, 9 months ago

What did Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe do? A timeline of her arrest and sentence in Iran

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Boris Johnson says negotiations with Iran to free Briton ‘going up to the wire’
2 years, 9 months ago

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Boris Johnson says negotiations with Iran to free Briton ‘going up to the wire’

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Two British-Iranians arrive in UK after lengthy prison ordeal
2 years, 9 months ago

Two British-Iranians arrive in UK after lengthy prison ordeal

Al Jazeera  

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori touched down at an airforce base in Britain in the early hours of Thursday. Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote: “I am very pleased to confirm that the unfair detention of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori in Iran has ended today, and they will now return to the UK. “The UK has worked intensively to secure …

Iran returns passport of detained UK national Zaghari-Ratcliffe
2 years, 9 months ago

Iran returns passport of detained UK national Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Al Jazeera  

Lawyer hopeful for aid worker’s release almost six years on from her detention. British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has had her British passport returned almost six years after her detention in Iran, according to a British lawmaker, as Tehran and London pressed on with talks about a longstanding 400-million-pound debt. Asked if the United Kingdom had a negotiating team out …

British-Iranian held in Tehran prison to begin hunger strike, daughter says
2 years, 11 months ago

British-Iranian held in Tehran prison to begin hunger strike, daughter says

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ‘hopeful’ after British Council worker’s release from Iranian jail
2 years, 11 months ago

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ‘hopeful’ after British Council worker’s release from Iranian jail

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Speaking to The Independent after her release, Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian …

Iran backtracks on plans to release Zaghari-Ratcliffe
3 years, 5 months ago

Iran backtracks on plans to release Zaghari-Ratcliffe

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe jailed for another year in Iran
3 years, 8 months ago

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe jailed for another year in Iran

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Lawyer: Iranian-British woman gets another year in prison
3 years, 8 months ago

Lawyer: Iranian-British woman gets another year in prison

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Iranian-British woman long held in Tehran has been sentenced to another year in prison, her lawyer said Monday, drawing immediate criticism from Britain in the high profile case that has prompted international condemnation of Iran. Her new sentence comes amid ongoing negotiations in Vienna over Iran’s tattered nuclear deal with world powers and as …

Zaghari-Ratcliffe handed another prison sentence in Iran
3 years, 8 months ago

Zaghari-Ratcliffe handed another prison sentence in Iran

Al Jazeera  

British-Iranian national, who has already served five years in prison, handed an extra year after being found guilty of ‘propaganda’. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been sentenced to another year in an Iranian jail, a development that prompted an instant backlash from the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson. “Nazanin Zaghari was sentenced to one year in prison and a one-year ban …

British-Iranian woman back in court after 5 years in prison
3 years, 9 months ago

British-Iranian woman back in court after 5 years in prison

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A trial to present new charges against a British-Iranian woman detained for five years in Iran convened Sunday, her supporters said, casting uncertainty over her future following her release from prison. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe appeared in court to face charges of “spreading propaganda against the regime,” said Richard Ratcliffe, who has outspokenly campaigned for his wife’s …

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe freed in Iran, but faces new charge
3 years, 10 months ago

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe freed in Iran, but faces new charge

Al Jazeera  

Lawyer says Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s house arrest has officially ended but she has been summoned to appear in court on another charge. Tehran, Iran – Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian national held in Iran on spying charges, has had her electronic tag removed as her five-year prison sentence ended, according to her lawyer – but it remains unclear whether the 43-year-old will …

Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Iran sentence nears end, but release uncertain
3 years, 10 months ago

Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Iran sentence nears end, but release uncertain

Al Jazeera  

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s sentence ends on March 7, but her husband tells Al Jazeera it would be a ‘miracle’ if she is back in the UK soon. London, United Kingdom – Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband has said he is “sceptical” she will be able to return to the United Kingdom soon, despite her prison sentence in Iran entering its final few days. …

UK ‘beginning to look weak’ over Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s detention in Iran, Jeremy Hunt warns
4 years ago

UK ‘beginning to look weak’ over Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s detention in Iran, Jeremy Hunt warns

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe temporarily freed from Iran prison
4 years, 9 months ago

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe temporarily freed from Iran prison

Al Jazeera  

British-Iranian aid worker among thousands of prisoners released as Iran frets about spread of coronavirus. Jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been temporarily released in Iran for two weeks, her husband said on Tuesday. Her husband Richard, who has set up the Free Nazanin campaign group and lobbied the British government to secure his wife’s release, said in a …

Fears deepen for families of people held in Iran amid unrest
5 years, 1 month ago

Fears deepen for families of people held in Iran amid unrest

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Families of several U.S. and British people held in Iran expressed fear for their loved ones Tuesday amid the deadliest unrest in decades in the Islamic republic. “Of course any kind of protest that goes on in Iran, and any kind of situation, that overlaps potentially with the fact that our families and loved ones are being held …

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tranferred from prison to mental ward, supporters say
5 years, 5 months ago

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tranferred from prison to mental ward, supporters say

CNN  

CNN — Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian charity worker who was arrested on spying charges in Iran more than three years ago, was transferred Monday from prison to the mental ward of a hospital in Tehran, the Free Nazanin Campaign said in a statement. Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s father visited her in the hospital Tuesday and confirmed that she was being held there under …

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ends her two-week hunger strike in Iran
5 years, 6 months ago

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ends her two-week hunger strike in Iran

CNN  

CNN — Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe – the British-Iranian charity worker who has been jailed in Iran for more than three years on spying charges – has broken her two-week hunger strike, her husband Richard Ratcliffe confirmed on Facebook. Zaghari-Ratcliffe had taken the decision to go on a hunger strike on June 15, after her daughter Gabriella turned five years old while …

Iran offers prisoner swap which could see jailed charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe freed
5 years, 8 months ago

Iran offers prisoner swap which could see jailed charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe freed

CNN  

CNN — Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British Iranian mother jailed in Iran three years ago on espionage charges, could be released as part of a prisoner exchange, Iran’s Foreign Minister said Wednesday. Iran state media “We have an Iranian woman in Australia who gave birth to a child in prison… on an extradition request by the United States because she was …

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe given British diplomatic protection
5 years, 10 months ago

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe given British diplomatic protection

CNN  

CNN — Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian charity worker who was jailed in Iran almost three years ago on spying charges, has been given diplomatic protection by the UK government. The affording of diplomatic protection means that the British government has recognized that the jailed woman’s treatment“fails to meet Iran’s obligations under international law and elevates it to a formal state …

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: British-Iranian mother begins hunger strike
5 years, 11 months ago

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: British-Iranian mother begins hunger strike

CNN  

London CNN — A British-Iranian woman who has been jailed in Iran since 2016 began a hunger strike Monday in a desperate attempt to receive medical treatment, as her husband said that prison guards had asked her to spy on the UK in return for her freedom. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 40, started the three-day hunger strike in a bid to see …

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Iran’s state TV airs unseen video of arrest
6 years ago

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Iran’s state TV airs unseen video of arrest

CNN  

CNN — Iranian State TV has aired previously unseen footage of what appears to be the arrest of jailed Iranian-British dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Tehran in April 2016. Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images Europe/Getty Images Hunger strike Earlier in January, Zaghari-Ratcliffe announced she will start a hunger strike on January 14 after being refused access to medical help, according to …

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's daughter 'wishes her mum be free'
6 years ago

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's daughter 'wishes her mum be free'

Daily Mail  

The four-year-old daughter of a British woman held captive in an Iranian jail for nearly three years 'wished her mum be free' as they shared a cake in prison to mark the charity worker's 1,000th day behind bars. Husband Richard Ratcliffe said Gabriella had 'very proudly' made a necklace as a gift for her mother who has been detained in …

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