Released Aid Worker Tells UK's Johnson His Error Worsened Her Iran Detention

May 14, 2022 View Original Article
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57% : "We discussed the UK's work to secure the release of unfairly detained nationals in Iran and I commended Nazanin for her incredible bravery during her ordeal."Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested by Iran's Revolutionary Guards at Tehran airport on April 3, 2016, while trying to return to Britain with her then 22-month-old daughter from an Iranian New Year's trip to see her parents.
42% :The aid worker's husband, Richard Ratcliffe, said Johnson's comments were even brought up by interrogators during Zaghari-Ratcliffe's last days in Iran as she waited to come home.
26% : (EPA)British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on Friday told Prime Minister Boris Johnson that an incorrect comment he made as foreign secretary had a big impact on her six-year detention in Iran, saying she lived in the shadow of his error.

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