On 10 March Boris Johnson phoned Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani, to tell him the British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe must be allowed to return home to be with her family as she finished her five year prison sentence on 7 March. He said that while the removal of her ankle monitor was welcome, her continued confinement remains completely unacceptable. Rouhani complained to Johnson that no practical progress had been made in solving Iran’s demand for the UK to return a £400m debt. Nazanin now faces a new court date. Shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy said, ‘When I meet this family I feel there's not much more they can take of this, to be honest. Other countries have made more progress in getting their nationals home. We need to see a real concerted effort now.’ See
Iran: Nazanin’s future still unclear
Written by David Fletcher 11 Mar 2021Additional Info
- Pray: for Dominic Raab to end the diplomatic tug-of-war with the lives of British nationals, and for the return of Nazanin’s passport and legal permission to return home. (Amos 5:24)
- More: www.theguardian.com/news/2021/mar/10/boris-johnson-raises-zaghari-ratcliffe-case-in-call-with-irans-rouhani