The Latest Breaking News from Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe should not have to face abuse on social media over her criticism of government efforts to free her, Downing Street has said.

Following her release from detention in Iran, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, held hostage since 2016, said: “what happened now should have happened six years ago”. She was referring to the fact that her release had been secured at the same time as the British government paid Iran a debt it had owed…

The former foreign secretary said it was the UK which owed the mother-of-one an explanation following her six-year detention in Iran.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe does not owe the Government any gratitude and should receive “an explanation” for why it took years to secure her release, former Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Tuesday.

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Foreign affairs committee inquiry could help determine why it took six years to secure release

Ex-foreign secretary says slow repayment of debt and turnover of foreign secretaries may have slowed down release

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The authoritarian, brutal regime in Tehran should never have held her hostage but equally the refusal to refund money for tanks that were never delivered was unacceptable

The MP for Hampstead and Kilburn says Nazanin, Richard and Gabriella are "an ordinary family who were thrust into the most extraordinary circumstances" and they deserve answers from government

For six years she was a silent figure, but her voice was finally heard at a Westminster press conference