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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Martina Bet

No UK official forced Nazanin to sign confession to leave Iran, says minister

PA Wire

A British official passed on a message to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe that she “needed to sign a confession” to leave Iran, but no UK official “forced” her to do so, a Foreign Office minister has said.

Answering an urgent question in the Commons on the confession of the British-Iranian dual national, Amanda Milling claimed a “UK official was present” at the airport to help “facilitate” both Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori’s departure on the day in March when they were to be freed.

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