MPs to hold inquiry into Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s detention in Iran The Commons Foreign Affairs Committee is to investigate ‘state level hostage situations’ Evening Standard · Apr 1, 2022
MPs to examine why UK delayed Iran payment that freed detainees Payment of £400m debt led to release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori The Guardian - UK · Apr 1, 2022
MPs to stage inquiry into Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s detention in Iran The Commons Foreign Affairs Committee is to investigate ‘state level hostage situations’. The Independent UK · Mar 31, 2022
The Leader podcast: Roxanne Tahbaz tells Boris Johnson to ‘bring her dad home’ Just under two weeks after the return to the UK of Iran detainees Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori, a man who was allegedly supposed to come home with them, is still in detention in Iran. Evening Standard · Mar 30, 2022
Anoosheh Ashoori: Briton detained in Iran tells of jail ‘hell’ after his release Mr Ashoori endured solitary confinement and often shared a cell with cockroaches and rats The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022
Morad Tahbaz’s daughter Roxanne tells Boris Johnson to ‘bring her dad home’ The British-US national was briefly released from an Iranian prison two weeks ago but was returned and has gone on hunger strike Evening Standard · Mar 29, 2022
Iranian detainee freed with Nazanin blames UK government ‘procrastination’ for long ordeal `Why didn’t you do it earlier?’: Anousheh Ashouri was held in Iran for five years before release this month The Independent UK · Mar 29, 2022
‘A nightmare’: Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s 804 days as a victim of Iran’s hostage diplomacy Two years after the British-Australian academic was released from Tehran’s Evin prison, she remains marked by her ordeal and anxious that western governments have no better strategies to respond to Iran’s ‘blackmail’ The Guardian - AU · Mar 28, 2022
Rebecca Ratcliffe: 'I can't explain to my son why people are so cruel to his Aunty Nazanin' There was a powerful campaign in Wales to free the British-Iranian detainee Wales Online · Mar 27, 2022
Ex-Iran detainee Anoosheh Ashoori accuses Boris Johnson of ‘opportunism’ for reaching out after release “Why couldn’t this letter be sent five months ago, a year ago, two years ago? Why now?” The Independent UK · Mar 25, 2022
Digested week: welcome home, Nazanin, to a nation that’s lost its marbles To thank or not to thank Truss, (not) bragging about blood, and the omertà over Sunak’s wealth The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2022
Freed Iran detainee Anoosheh Ashoori blasts Boris Johnson for ignoring his family's call for help The 68-year-old husband and father released last week accused Boris Johnson of "opportunism" after the Prime Minister asked to meet him Daily Mirror · Mar 25, 2022
Anoosheh Ashoori: No celebrations until release of others in Iran The retired civil engineer arrived back in the UK last week. The Independent UK · Mar 24, 2022
‘You cannot put the pain into words’: Anoosheh Ashoori on his detention in Iran Arrested on spying charges and held for four years, Ashoori describes interrogation and threats to his family The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2022
Wales Online · Mar 24, 2022 BBC Breakfast host Naga Munchetty's shock as mum released from Iranian jail told to be more grateful The hashtag 'ungrateful cow' began trending on Twitter following a press conference where Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe questioned the length of time taken to free her
Daily Mirror · Mar 24, 2022 Naga Munchetty horrified as Twitter trolls blast ‘ungrateful’ Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe BBC Breakfast host Naga Munchetty took to social media to share her concern over the trending topic on Twitter, after Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's comments about the UK Foreign Office following her release from an Iranian prison
Daily Record · Mar 23, 2022 Loose Women's Kaye Adams slams critics of 'lioness' Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after she was branded 'ungrateful' Speaking at a press conference in the House of Commons, the former hostage said her treatment by the Iranian government was 'cruel' and didn't hold back her criticism of the UK Government.
France 24 · Mar 23, 2022 Turkish women want equal pay: Gender pay gap widens with financial crisis A social movement is creating shockwaves in Turkey. People have been taking to the streets, demanding salary rises, the right to unionise and equal pay between men and women. In a country where the economy is still suffering from record inflation and a weak lira, women are the hardest hit,…
The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022 Boris Johnson news - live: PM rebukes Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s trolls, as Tories demand NI rise delay She ‘should not have to face any sort of abuse,’ PM’s spokesperson said
Daily Mirror · Mar 22, 2022 'How dare anyone criticise Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was left to rot in Iran' Polly Hudson is disgusted by the trolls, after Nazanin was berated simply for addressing the elephant in the room, and she says Boris Johnson has got off lightly
The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2022 No 10 condemns abuse levelled at ‘ungrateful’ Zaghari-Ratcliffe Briton held captive in Iran for six years should not face online trolling, says Boris Johnson’s office
Daily Record · Mar 22, 2022 Nazanin release gives fresh hope to family of imprisoned Dumbarton man The brother of Jagtar Singh Johal and West Dunbartonshire's MP will meet with the Foreign Secretary.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2022 Nazanin is grateful, but is she grateful enough? I don’t know but the trolls will tell us If she had been docile, she might have silenced her critics. Luckily the ingratitude police are on the case, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2022 Jeremy Hunt is right. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe does not owe this country gratitude The words “ungrateful” and “send her back” are trending on Twitter because Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has be locked up for six years away from her family, had the audacity not to thank the foreign secretaries who failed to get her released.
The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2022 Nazanin should not have to face social media abuse after six years’ detention, says Boris Johnson 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.