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Heartwarming moment Nazanin's daughter runs into her arms as she arrives in UK

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's seven-year-old daughter Gabriella raced into her mother's arms to greet her after she landed back in the UK after her six-year nightmare in Iran

Daily Mirror · Mar 17, 2022

A complex deal: Iran, nukes, oil, Israel, Russia

As with most re-marriages between the same partners, the participants are not exactly starry-eyed. They have just figured out that the old deal was just better than no deal at all.

Bangkok Post · Mar 17, 2022

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe beams in first family selfie since end of Iran nightmare

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has shared Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's 'first family selfie' since she landed back in the UK on Thursday morning after her six-year nightmare in Iran

Daily Mirror · Mar 17, 2022

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s ordeal shows the uselessness of economic sanctions

This vacuous foreign policy weapon exacts a human price while failing to achieve any objective, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2022

‘Love is a verb, it’s a doing word’ — the story of Richard Ratcliffe’s unwavering love for Nazanin

Six years, two hunger strikes and a tireless campaign to free his beloved wife from a Tehran prison — as Richard and Nazanin are finally reunited, Kat Lister reflects on a modern love story

Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2022

Major search operation underway as huge boat sinks off Iran with 30 crew on board

So far, 29 of the workers on the ship have been rescued

Irish Mirror · Mar 17, 2022

Pompeo accuses UK of paying ‘blood money’ to Iran for detainee releases

The ex-US secretary of state said the funds would be used by Tehran to ‘terrorise’ Israel, the UK and the United States.

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2022

Who are the dual nationals still being held in Iran’s prisons?

The release of Nazanin-Zaghari Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori represented a watershed moment in negotiations with the Iranian government – but many more dual nationals remain in detention.

Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2022

Former US secretary of state attacks UK ‘blood money’ paid to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Mike Pompeo also condemns ‘appeasement’ of Iran – claiming £393.8m will fund terrorism

The Independent UK · Mar 17, 2022

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Iran to use £384m debt repayment on humanitarian causes, minister says

A Foreign Office minister insisted on Thursday that Iran will not be able to use a £384 million debt repayment which helped secure the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe for anything other than humanitarian purposes.

Evening Standard · Mar 17, 2022