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

UK urged to sanction Iranian officials on anniversary of Zaghari-Ratcliffe release

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe at RAF Brize Norton
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe returned to the UK on 17 March 2022 after six years in an Iranian jail. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her legal advisers have marked the first anniversary of her release from an Iranian jail by urging Britain to sanction 10 Iranian officials they say are responsible for a resurgence in state hostage-taking of foreign nationals.

Since her release, the Ratcliffe family have combined a search for normality with a determination to campaign for dual national and political prisoners detained in Iran.

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