Will Iran release Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe next month?

New fear for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as her husband reveals there is no sign Iran will release the jailed mother when her sentence ends next month Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained in Iran since her 2016 spying arrest The mother-of-one has been wrongly accused of spying by Iranian authorities Her husband Richard Ratcliffe had hoped his … Read more

Husband of jailed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe accuses foreign office of passing on threats from Iran

Husband of jailed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe accuses foreign office of passing on threats from Iran that her elderly parents will be harmed if he does not stop criticising the regime Nazanin was jailed in 2016 for allegedly plotting to overthrow Iran’s government  The mother-of-one denies the allegations and is currently under house arrest  Husband Richard Ratcliffe … Read more

Husband of jailed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe accuses foreign office of passing on threats from Iran

Husband of jailed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe accuses foreign office of passing on threats from Iran that her elderly parents will be harmed if he does not stop criticising the regime Nazanin was jailed in 2016 for allegedly plotting to overthrow Iran’s government  The mother-of-one denies the allegations and is currently under house arrest  Husband Richard Ratcliffe … Read more

Jeremy Hunt says Britain is ‘beginning to look weak’ over Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe treatment

Ex-Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says the UK ‘is beginning to look weak’ and is being ‘pushed around’ over its failure to protect Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.   The British-Iranian dual national has been detained in Iran since 2016, when she was sentenced to five years in prison over allegations of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government. Iranian officials … Read more

Dissident who was ‘tortured by Iran’ demands release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as he is convicted

A dissident who claims he was tortured by Iran demanded the release of imprisoned British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as he was convicted of trying to torch a diplomatic car outside the Iranian Embassy. IT professional Sam Parsa, 60, was accused of planting a bottle of petrol along with a scarf into the exhaust pipe of … Read more

New trial for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe for ‘spreading anti-Iranian propaganda’ postponed

‘Groundless’ new trial for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe for ‘spreading anti-Iranian propaganda’ is postponed with no future date set The British-Iranian mother-of-one has been detained in prison in Iran since 2016 She was sentenced to five years in jail over ‘plot to overthrow Iran’s government’ Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a journalism charity administrator, denied the allegations She was due … Read more

New trial for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe for ‘spreading anti-Iranian propaganda’ postponed

‘Groundless’ new trial for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe for ‘spreading anti-Iranian propaganda’ is postponed with no future date set The British-Iranian mother-of-one has been detained in prison in Iran since 2016 She was sentenced to five years in jail over ‘plot to overthrow Iran’s government’ Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a journalism charity administrator, denied the allegations She was due … Read more

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was almost freed by Iran three years ago but the deal collapsed

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was almost freed by Iran three years ago but the deal collapsed… weeks after Boris Johnson tried to intervene in her case, new documentary claims A BBC Panorama investigation allegedly uncovered details of deal made in 2017 Richard Ratcliffe said his wife had been due to return to the UK on December 28 … Read more

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was almost freed by Iran three years ago but the deal collapsed

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was almost freed by Iran three years ago but the deal collapsed… weeks after Boris Johnson tried to intervene in her case, new documentary claims A BBC Panorama investigation allegedly uncovered details of deal made in 2017 Richard Ratcliffe said his wife had been due to return to the UK on December 28 … Read more

How I long to hold to hold my darling again: British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

A child’s Mother’s Day card: simple but potent with yearning. Five-year-old Gabriella Ratcliffe drew a red plane with a flower on its wings for her mum. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was freed last week for a fortnight from an Iranian jail.  Could any words express more eloquently a small child’s hope that her absent mummy — ankle-tagged … Read more