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Showing posts with label Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. Show all posts
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Friday, March 18, 2022

Melanie Phillips: The ominous subtext of Nazanin's release


Is it a sign that the US really is about to turn the west itself into Iran’s hostage?


The British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been incarcerated in Iran for nearly six years on trumped-up charges of sedition, is back in the UK.

On a personal level, this is truly wonderful news. Her arrest and detention were unspeakable, with the Iranian regime playing cat-and-mouse with her during the years of negotiations for her release.