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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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UK must act more promptly over latest Iran detentions, says Richard Ratcliffe

Lindsay and Craig Foreman
Lindsay and Craig Foreman were on a motorcycle trip around the world when they were detained Iran. Photograph: family handout/PA

The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has called on ministers to act “more promptly” than they did to help free his wife, after Iran detained a British couple on a motorcycle trip.

Richard Ratcliffe, whose wife was freed in 2022 after five years in a Tehran prison, expressed fears that the couple would now face the “brutal theatre” of court process to “get the government’s attention”.

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