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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband criticises US-Iran prisoners release deal

Person holding photograph of Jamshid Sharmahd
A photo of Jamshid Sharmahd, left, an Iranian-German who is a permanent US resident, is held by a demonstrator during a protest in Berlin last month. Photograph: Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty

Two US residents, one in fear of execution, are being unfairly excluded from an imminent deal between US-Iran to release prisoners, the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has claimed.

Richard Ratcliffe, whose wife was freed after five years in a Tehran prison
in 2022, said there was no legal reason why the two residents were not included in a deal to release five US citizens in return for the unfreezing of $6bn (£4.8bn) of Iranian assets in South Korea. It is also expected that four Iranians will be released from US jails.

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