The truth behind Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's imprisonment in Iran
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The Times
3.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
After nearly six years of detention in Iran, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been released to join her family in the UK. Here, we return to an episode from last year and explore whether an unpaid British debt was the reason behind her imprisonment.
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Guests:
Richard Ratcliffe, Nazanin's husband.
Catherine Philp, diplomatic correspondent, The Times.
Host: Manveen Rana.
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| 0:30.1 | It was just after 10 o'clock in the morning, when the news began to filter through. |
| 0:41.0 | Some breaking news that we're getting from the Reuters news agency, |
| 0:45.6 | which is quoting the lawyer of two detained British Iranians, |
| 0:50.5 | who says both are heading to the airport to leave Iran. |
| 0:54.8 | At this point, that is the only information that we've got, |
| 0:57.0 | so we don't know which British Iranians that would be. |
| 1:02.6 | It was the news nobody had dared hope for. |
| 1:05.8 | News so unexpected, it even caught the news readers off guard. |
| 1:11.1 | But we are getting that report from the Reuters news agency. |
| 1:17.2 | Ah, there is an update. |
| 1:19.2 | Two detained British Iranians, Nazanin Zagari Ratcliffe and Anusha Ashuri heading to, sorry, |
| 1:25.4 | this is a moving moment because these are people who have been detained for some time. |
| 1:32.9 | Nazanin Zagari Ratcliffe has been held for nearly six years |
| 1:37.8 | in Iran and her husband has worked tirelessly to secure her release. |
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