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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe hand-stitched dresses for her daughter to help survive Iranian prison: Mother-of-one knitted a 'freedom pinafore' with Liberty London fabrics during six years behind bars
10/04/24 23:01
Sewing treasured pieces of Liberty fabric helped Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe survive her Iranian prison ordeal, she revealed yesterday. The mother-of-one hand-stitched dresses for her young daughter Gabriella and knitted her a 'freedom pinafore' during almost six years of captivity, after she was arrested on false spying charges. Friends sent her favourite fabrics from the Liberty London department store to the notorious Evin prison in Tehran, where she stitched clothing and made gifts for her fellow inmates. Friends sent her favourite fabrics from the Liberty London department store to the notorious Evin prison in Tehran, where she stitched clothing and made gifts for her fellow inmates.Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 46, told Harper's Bazaar magazine the bright floral patterns had reminded her of life in London, and of freedom....read
Who could replace Emma Barnett on Women's Hour? The former ladette, a Strictly star's sister, and a former football reporter all in the running to takeover from show's former host following her move to the BBC Radio 4's Today programme
15/03/24 15:58As Emma Barnett was confirmed as a new host for the BBC Radio 4 Today programme from May - speculation is mounting over who will succeed her at the helm of Women's Hour.Nazanin-Zaghari Ratcliffe reveals a smuggled copy of The Handmaid's Tale kept her going while locked up for six years in Iran's notorious Evin prison
27/11/23 11:49Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe delivered a speech at a ceremony for the 2023 Booker Prize and said she put a copy of Margaret Atwood's novel in a 'secret library' of her ex prison ward.Andy Murray reveals why he invited Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to Wimbledon - after she admitted to him she 'sometimes missed prison' in Radio 4 interview
05/07/23 13:38Last year, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe revealed that watching Murray win Wimbledon in 2016 had been a 'joy'. This week, the tennis star invited her to the Royal Box to watch him play in person.Iran protests re-adjusting to life back in UK after I was imprisoned for six years 'very hard', says Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
25/06/23 00:05Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (pictured) has said re-adjusting to life back in the UK after six years imprisoned in Iran was 'very hard', as her story was kept 'fresh on a daily basis' by Iranian unrest.'I'm crying buckets': Viewers left 'sobbing in front of the TV' as documentary shows emotional moment Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is reunited with her family in the UK after 6 years in an Iran jail
17/03/23 10:56Viewers revealed on Twitter they had been left in tears after watching emotional reunion scenes on Channel 4 documentary Nazanin, which aired at 9pm on Thursday night.Who is Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband Richard and how old is her daughter?
16/03/23 16:39Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 44, was arrested in Iran in 2016 and held captive for six years. It led her husband Richard, 47 - an accountant from Hampshire - to fight tirelessly for her release.Watch as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe drops to her knees and breaks down in tears during reunion with her daughter, 8, in the UK after six years in an Iranian jail
16/03/23 16:12Nazanin, which airs at 9pm tonight on Channel 4, shows the plight of the Zaghari-Ratcliffe family as they fought to bring home British-Iranian dual national Nazanin when she was imprisoned in Iran.'Until they are out I will not feel free': British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe reveals she still has 'nightmares' from her ordeal being held in Tehran prison as she highlights plight of Iran's jailed dissidents
13/03/23 20:13Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was imprisoned in Iran for six years before her release in 2022, spoke on Channel 4 News ahead of the release of the documentary 'Nazanin' later this week.MARK ALMOND: Ayatollahs who executed British-Iranian citizen Alireza Akbar are hell-bent on a confrontation with the West
15/01/23 00:08Iran's leaders have been hanging dissidents since the start of the year, as they battle to quell the wave of street protests against the country's repressive system.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tells Andy Murray she 'misses prison environment and her friends' after spending six years in Iranian jail
28/12/22 15:26The British Iranian national, who was released in March , spoke to the tennis champ, 35, while guest-editing an episode of BBC Radio 4's Today Show this morning.Jamie Oliver says he will 'look for big ideas to improve child health' as he is unveiled as guest host of Radio 4 alongside ABBA star Björn Ulvaeus and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
28/11/22 09:43TV chef Jamie Oliver and ABBA front man Björn Ulvaeus are among seven people who will take the reins on the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme during the Christmas and New Year period.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe warns the world 'cannot turn a blind eye to Iran' as she urges Liz Truss's Government to act over Tehran's human rights abuses that prompted a mass wave of anti-hijab protests from women and girls
07/10/22 19:13Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was imprisoned in Iran for six years before her release earlier this year, has urged Liz Truss's Government to act over Iran's human rights abuses that sparked protests.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe cuts her hair in a symbol of solidarity with Iranian protesters who have been burning their hijabs and chopping their locks following the death of Mahsa Amini
28/09/22 18:38Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has filmed herself cutting her hair in a symbol of solidarity with Iranian protesters who have been demonstrating for nearly two weeks following the death of Mahsa Amini.US-Briton jailed on spying charges in Iran is temporarily released from prison to be with his family
27/07/22 14:36Morad Tahbaz, an environmental campaigner with UK and US citizenship, is currently at his family home in Tehran, according to the Foreign Office.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Dame Deborah James and Sue Gray lead The Vogue 25 list recognising 'influential women shaping 2022 and beyond'
15/07/22 10:43Late cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James, the Queen and charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe lead the influential women on the annual Vogue 25 list, published in the latest issue.'The most hostile, quiet form of torture': Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe recalls how she was locked up in solitary confinement in a windowless 1x2metre cell and separated from her daughter while she was still breastfeeding
23/05/22 19:26The British-Iranian dual national, 44, revealed the horrors of her six-year imprisonment in Iran and the emotional ordeal of being separated from her young daughter Gabriella while at Tehran Airport.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe reveals she was forced to sign a false CONFESSION in front of a British official before she could leave Iran - and fears Tehran could use 'dehumanising' act against her one day
23/05/22 13:49Nazanin, 44, says she was forced to admit to the allegations while 'under duress' after having been detained for six years over accusations of spying - a charge she and the UK deny.British man freed from Iranian prison with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says he 'wakes up and believes he's still in his cell' and 'has to grab his wife's hands to make sure she's real'
05/04/22 09:54Anoosheh Ashoori, 67, was detained while visiting his mother in Iran in 2007 and accused of spying for Mossad. He was freed last month alongside Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.Inquiry will probe Government's efforts to secure release Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from Iran after former hostage criticised Foreign secretaries saying it should not have taken 'six years' to get her home
01/04/22 12:54MPs are to hold an inquiry reviewing the efforts of UK officials over the years to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori from their detention in Iran.JANET STREET-PORTER: Thanks for nothing. Ignore the Twitter bigots, why SHOULD Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe be forced to show gratitude to ministers who let her rot in an Iranian jail for six hellish years?
23/03/22 16:16There's nothing like the sight of a strong-willed, opinionated woman to flush out the bigots that exist just below the surface in British society, writes JANET STREET-PORTER.'We owe Nazanin an explanation': Jeremy Hunt calls for probe into how it took him and four other foreign secretaries six years to free British mother from Iran - as he says fears paying £400m debt may look like a ransom could have played a part
22/03/22 09:22Ex-Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Twitter that the UK Government 'must be honest' and say the charity worker's release 'should have been solved earlier'.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband jokes he is 'negotiating' his way back into their bed as couple talk of needing time to 'heal' after her release from Iran - and freed mother says he's wrong to thank government for her release
21/03/22 11:50In her first televised speech since her return to the UK, the British-Iranian national admitted she was still getting to know her family 'better' again following 'six years of hell'.Cancer-stricken British-US national who was released from Iranian prison on the same day as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is now on hunger strike after he was sent back to jail following 48 hours of freedom
21/03/22 09:50Dual national British-US wildlife conservationist Morad Tahbaz, 66, who was detained by Iran in 2018 has gone on hunger strike in protest of his continued imprisonment.Released AGAIN: British-Iranian conservationist who was freed from prison as part of deal that saw Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe fly home is now safe in a hotel after authorities threw him back in jail two days later
20/03/22 21:10Wildlife conservationist Morad Tahbaz, 66, who was temporarily released from prison in Iran only to find himself back in custody two days later is now at a hotel.The smile that says I'm free! Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe beams in new picture taken at church after spending her first days reunited with her family in the UK at Dorneywood mansion in Buckinghamshire
20/03/22 09:35Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (right) is pictured beaming alongside Tulip Siddiq, the local MP who helped get her home, as Nazanin spends the first days settling back into the UK with her family.British-Iranian conservationist who was freed from prison as part of deal to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is BACK in jail just two days after his release
19/03/22 01:49The family of Morad Tahbaz, 66, expected him to be released permanently and returned to Britain alongside Nazanin and Anoosheh Ashoori this week.28 years apart but the firmest of friends: How Nazanin's little girl Gabriella formed a unique bond with the woman whose father was locked up in the same Iranian prison - and who TRULY knows what she's been through
18/03/22 23:41Elika Ashoori, 35, knows what Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's daughter, seven, has been through. Her father, civil engineer Anoosheh Ashoori, 67, was on the same flight back to freedom.Freed British-Iranian businessman, 67, who returned to Britain with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after years in captivity in notorious prison 'is not angry with the UK'
18/03/22 16:48A British-Iranian businessman freed alongside Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says he 'is not angry with the UK'.Channel 4 will air an 'intimate' documentary about Richard Ratcliffe's six-year campaign to free his wife Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after she was detained in Iran
18/03/22 14:45The single-episode documentary, called Nazanin, follows the life of Richard Ratcliffe over the past six years as he balances a political campaign with raising their daughter, Gabriella.A slice of normal life: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe makes pizzas with her daughter Gabriella as she enjoys her new found freedom after finally being released from six years of captivity in Iran
18/03/22 14:10The newly-freed mother-of-one remains in a British Government safe house with her family at an unknown UK location until at least next week and the family are putting use to its industrial kitchen.LINDSAY NICHOLSON: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's cry as she hugged her daughter struck deep into every mother's soul
17/03/22 22:33LINDSAY NICHOLSON: Yesterday morning I was making breakfast, radio on, when I heard a sound that moved me to my core, a visceral, almost animalistic cry.The selfie that says I'm home! Beaming Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe enjoys her first full day of freedom with her family after six years of detention in Iran - then finds out not only has she kept her job, she's actually been PROMOTED
17/03/22 18:41Nazanin, who will remain in a safe house with her family until at least next week, worked as a project manager for the Thomas Reuters Foundation before she was detained in Iran in 2016.Susanna Reid appears emotional as she watches Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe reunite with her daughter Gabriella, 7, after six years in detention in Iran
17/03/22 13:05Nazanin landed at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire at around 1.15am, where she was reunited with her husband Richard Ratcliffe and their daughter Gabriella.Former Trump official Mike Pompeo accuses UK of paying £400million 'blood money' to Iran to secure release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, saying the cash will be used to 'terrorize' regime's enemies including the US and Israel
17/03/22 12:34Mike Pompeo, who was Washington's top diplomat during Donald Trump's presidency, lashed out at the £400million ($530million) debt paid to Tehran at the same time as she was freed.Finally free to have a normal life: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe can't wait to take her daughter to school for the first time after she returns home this weekend, say neighbours - as family joke they need to tidy the flat first
17/03/22 08:43Her parents-in-law John and Barbara have joked that their son's north London home needs to be cleaned up urgently because it is in an 'appalling' state after years of living without her.The hug that says 2,173 days of hell are OVER: Freed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe embraces daughter Gabriella and tells delighted supporters 'You have made us whole' - minutes after landing back in the UK having been held captive in Iran since 2016
17/03/22 01:08Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has finally landed back on British soil after six years of detention in Iran. The 44-year-old has been reunited with her husband and her daughter at RAF Brize Norton.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was a victim of Iranian games until the very last minute, her husband reveals
17/03/22 00:19The charity worker suffered extreme psychological torture, solitary confinement and hardship in jail in Tehran thanks to the trumped-up spying charges she was convicted of.DAILY MAIL COMMENT: The return of a truly courageous woman
16/03/22 22:51DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Free at last! After nearly six years of detention in Iran on trumped-up spying charges, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe finally returned home to Britain last night.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's joyous release after being held by Iran for six years is a ray of hope... and a great love story, writes SARAH VINE
16/03/22 22:18SARAH VINE: The ordeal endured by Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her family has been the stuff of dystopian nightmares. In the end she became so much more than another unfortunate victimA father and son locked up for 'collaborating with a hostile foreign government' and a father accused of spying: The three Americans still imprisoned in hellhole prison in Iran after the release of British charity worker
16/03/22 22:05America still has three nationals imprisoned in Iran. Only France has more citizens in prison while no country has more than three.The devoted husband who never gave up, the little girl whose family was torn apart and innocent mother who was locked up in Iran's worst jail for crimes she never committed: Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe's heart-wrenching six-year battle for freedom
16/03/22 16:58Locked up in Iran's bleakest jail for crimes she never committed, she would experience unimaginable suffering - not least the prospect of never seeing her family again.Just HOURS from home: Plane carrying Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe departs Oman for the UK after her 'six years of hell' in Iranian captivity ended - with daughter Gabriella 'looking forward to a new life' with her mother
16/03/22 10:17The 44-year-old charity worker left Oman this evening and is now onboard a flight bound for RAF Brize Norton where she will be reunited with her family after six years of detention in IranNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe heads for FREEDOM: British charity worker who was jailed for five years in Iran on 'spying charges' heads to the airport after being handed back her passport
16/03/22 06:58Amid rising hopes of a breakthrough, Boris Johnson said talks on releasing the British-Iranian and two other dual nationals are 'moving forward'.Is Boris about to pay £400m 'debt' to Iran to free Nazanin and ease UK's oil crisis? Zaghari-Ratcliffe 'could be released in days' as British passport is RETURNED - amid claims West will do nuclear deal and lift sanctions to end reliance on Russia
15/03/22 09:51Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's lawyers have voiced optimism that she could be released within days after the authorities in Tehran returned her British passport.'A good sign for us': Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband hails release of British Council employee from Iranian jail after she was charged with spying
12/01/22 22:03Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband Richard has said he hopes the release of Aras Amiri from an Iranian jail is a 'good sign for the rest of us'.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband ends his hunger strike after 21 days 'because their daughter needs two parents' as he continues fight for her freedom in Iran
13/11/21 15:20Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is ending his hunger strike in central London after he spent almost three weeks camped outside the FCDO without food.Iran says UK is ready to pay a £400million debt which could free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
13/11/21 01:33Tehran's deputy foreign minister Ali Bagheri Kani said the countries were working on a payment method.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's hunger-striking husband and relatives of other Brits held in Iran are 'depressed' over lack of progress towards freeing them as calls grow for Britain to pay £400m debt to Tehran regime
12/11/21 11:40Richard Ratcliffe has described a meeting with British Foreign Office minister James Cleverly as 'depressing' after telling him he was coming away from it with 'no hope'.'I look and feel rougher': Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband admits his hunger strike outside Foreign Office is taking its toll after TWO WEEKS... and he will 'probably' end his protest when Iranian delegation leaves COP26
08/11/21 09:59Richard Ratcliffe (pictured) said he was not feeling as well and the cold was getting to him as he continued to protest outside the Foreign Office in central London.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband claims police tried to move him from tent outside Foreign Office at 3.45am - as he's joined by their daughter on day two of protest over ministers' 'inaction' leaving wife stuck 'in limbo in Iran'
25/10/21 13:59Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, was joined on the second day of his hunger strike in London by his daughter Gabriella as his campaign to free his wife continuesHusband of jailed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe goes on hunger strike for a SECOND time in protest at government's 'failure' to secure her release in Iran as she loses appeal over sentence
24/10/21 18:26Richard Ratcliffe will start the hunger strike outside the Foreign office in London after his wife Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe lost her appeal against a second jail sentence earlier this month.Liz Truss condemns Iran as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe loses appeal against conviction for spreading propaganda
18/10/21 00:37Liz Truss yesterday condemned the treatment of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe by Iran as an 'appalling continuation of a cruel ordeal'.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe LOSES latest appeal at one-year 'propaganda' sentence in Iran meaning she could be sent back to prison at any moment
16/10/21 14:25Labour MP Tulip Siddiq said Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe's sentence of one year plus a one-year travel ban has been 'upheld with no court hearing'.Husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe asks United Nations for help to have her released from jail in Iran
06/08/21 23:57Richard Ratcliffe, the husband of jailed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe appealed to the UN last night in a bid to see them work with both the UK and Iran to have his wife freed from prison.Wrestler Navid Afkari could have been representing Iran in Tokyo this week. Instead his country hanged him for protesting against its rulers despite worldwide protests led by Donald Trump and the IOC
29/07/21 14:33JACK BEZANTS: If things had been different, Navid Afkari could be fulfilling a lifelong dream of representing Iran in Olympic wrestling this week.Iranian state TV claims Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe will be freed after the UK 'paid £400million military debt' - but the British mother's family say they'e heard nothing and US denies prisoner swap claims
02/05/21 14:13Reports that British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is to be freed with the UK paying £400m to Tehran have been downplayed by UK officials as it is suggested Iran has made the claim before.Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab slam Iran for imposing 'totally inhumane and wholly unjustified' extra year in prison for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as the PM says he is 'working very hard' to secure her release
26/04/21 13:22Boris Johnson and Dominic Raab today condemned the Iranian government after Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was handed an additional one-year jail term.Nazanin-Zaghari Ratcliffe faces anxious wait to learn if she can leave Iran after six-year prison ordeal following new trial today for 'propaganda against the system'
14/03/21 08:11The 43-year-old mother was charged with 'propaganda against the system' in Iran and will have to wait for about a week before the judge decides whether she will be acquitted or not.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is 'tortured by uncertainty' as she faces yet more charges in Iran, says her husband
14/03/21 00:30Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has endured 'intolerable stress and anxiety' as she waits to hear if Iran will charge her with new offences at a court hearing today, her husband has told The Mail on Sunday.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband says she 'remains in harm's way until she gets on the plane' as she faces new Iran court hearing on Sunday
12/03/21 11:44Richard Ratcliffe, pictured outside the Iranian Embassy in London along with his daughter Gabriella while holding a photograph of his wife Nazanin who will reappear in court in Tehran on Sunday.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tells of her 'traumatising' five years of hell in Iranian jail where she was threatened with execution, blindfolded, sleep deprived and told her family would be tortured
12/03/21 02:06In a video interview with independent investigators, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 43, revealed she was threatened with execution and the torture of her family while held prisoner in Iran.Boris Johnson demands 'immediate release' of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during phone call with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as PM says her 'continued confinement remains completely unacceptable'
10/03/21 18:13Boris Johnson today demanded the 'immediate release' of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe during a phone call with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's 'horrified' husband and daughter, six, protest at Iranian embassy as she faces new charges after five-year jail ordeal
08/03/21 09:26Richard Ratcliffe staged a protest outside the Iranian embassy in Knightsbridge, London, today with his daughter Gabriella, six, demanding his wife Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's immediate release.Free at last... but for how long? Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe faces another cruel twist in a monstrous game of mental torture, writes MARK ALMOND
07/03/21 22:01MARK ALMOND: Yesterday's announcement that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe had her ankle tag removed could not be savoured. This game of snakes and ladders with a mum's fate is monstrous.PICTURED: Nazanin Zaghari Ratfcliffe beams after having her ankle tag removed as her five year jail term in Iran comes to an end - but she still has to appear at court AGAIN next Sunday
07/03/21 08:44British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 42, has been held in Iran since 2016, when she was sentenced to five years in prison.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
23/02/21 22:03Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her daughter Gabriella, has been detained in Iran since 2016 when she was arrested at the airport on suspicion of spying.British academic reveals incredible escape from Iran after fleeing on foot across snowy mountain tops while evading border patrols after he was sentenced to nine years in jail
03/02/21 11:16Kameel Ahmady, a British-Iranian dual national, has angered hard-liners in Iran by writing about sensitive issues such as child marriage and female genital mutilation in the country.Ex Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says Britain is 'beginning to look weak' and being 'pushed around' over its failure to protect Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who was imprisoned in Iran
29/12/20 07:00The British-Iranian dual national has been detained in Iran since 2016, when she was jailed over allegations of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government, which she denies.Britons arrested overseas and held in jail do NOT have a 'legal right' right to government help or protection even if they are being tortured, Foreign Office says
28/12/20 10:56In a letter to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's lawyers, the Foreign Office confirmed that British citizens who are wrongfully arrested overseas will have 'no legal right to consular assistance'.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's six-year-old daughter wants 'mummy home for Christmas' as family face up to fifth festive season since she was jailed in Iran
21/12/20 21:26Gabriella Zaghari-Ratcliffe, six, has sent Boris Johnson a Christmas card asking: 'Please can you bring my mummy home for Christmas. She has been good.''Ex-political prisoner' who says he was tortured by Iran demands release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as he is convicted of trying to torch diplomatic car outside Iranian embassy
17/12/20 12:28IT professional Sam Parsa, 60, was accused of planting a bottle of petrol along with a scarf into the exhaust pipe of a BMW parked outside the offices in Knightsbridge, central London.British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was told her daughter would be taken away and her husband was a spy after first being detained in Iran
31/10/20 00:34The 41-year-old said she spent 40 days in complete isolation after being imprisoned, which caused her to 'doubt herself' and question whether accusations against her were actually correct.British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is told to 'pack a bag' as she is summoned to court in Iran and warned she will be returned to prison
28/10/20 16:14Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been summoned to court in Iran on Monday, according to her family, who said she has been told to pack a bag as she will be returned to prison following the hearing.British prisoner Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tells her husband 'I can't take it any more' after new court case against her in Iran is postponed with no explanation
13/09/20 15:02Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 42, has been detained in an Iran since 2016. Her husband said she was expecting to be tried this Sunday on new charges 'spreading propaganda against the regime'.'Groundless' new trial for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe for 'spreading anti-Iranian propaganda' is postponed with no future date set
13/09/20 15:02Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 42, 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.Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is being illegally held 'hostage' by Iran and is an emotional wreck, her husband says as she faces new charges in Tehran
09/09/20 10:43Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 42, was returned to court on Tuesday only months from her expected release date and told she would face a second trial in Tehran.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
23/08/20 23:00Jailed mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was due to be released on December 28, 2017, before deal with Iran collapsed. The exact reason for the failure of the deal is not known.British captive Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband warns chance to secure her permanent release is 'almost gone' as he hits out at the Government for ignoring 'hostage situation'
05/06/20 14:25British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband Richard has blasted the UK Government for not doing more to get her out of a 'hostage situation' in Iran.Iran stalls yet again over releasing 'deflated' British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe back to the UK
30/05/20 21:07Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (pictured) is said to be 'deflated' after a decision on whether to grant her freedom, which was expected yesterday, was postponed a second time.
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