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Nimco Ali

Jeremy Hunt is right. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe does not owe this country gratitude

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe arrives at Brize Norton last week (Leon Neal/PA)

(Picture: PA Wire)

The words “ungrateful” and “send her back” are trending on Twitter because Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has be locked up for six years away from her family, had the audacity not to thank the foreign secretaries who failed to get her released.

I have a lot of time for Nazanin who stepped out wearing the Ukrainian colours as she gave her first press conference since returning home. Like Nazanin, I am also an immigrant to this country - but I also believe in speaking your truth, and that is what she did.

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