A citizen’s rights
Richard Ratcliffe’s extraordinary campaign – culminating this week with the release of his wife Nazanin – has changed the way we relate to power in Britain
Nazanin
After her six-year ordeal, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has finally been freed and is back in the UK.
Over the last three years, we’ve followed her husband Richard’s fight to free her, and investigated how machinations and missteps over an unpaid debt compounded her plight.
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Nazanin freed
British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has returned home to the UK after being held hostage by Iran for nearly six years. What do we know about why she was finally released?
Trapped in Whitehall
Since 2016, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held hostage in Iran. And to understand why, you need to know about a long-forgotten tank deal, and a debt Britain is refusing to pay…
Nazanin: Trapped in Whitehall
Since 2016, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held hostage in Iran. Her supporters recognise that the Iranian government must be held responsible for her ordeal, but missteps and machinations in London have ensured that it hasn’t been brought to a swift end
Is Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe coming home?
After five years locked up in Iran, the British-Iranian mother’s sentence has come to an end. But returning to her family might still be a way off.
Nazanin and Richard: A love story
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The Iranian hostages: has Britain prolonged the crisis?
A ThinkIn on Iran with Jack Straw and Richard Ratcliffe
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Nazanin’s homecoming could be part of something bigger
Evin: The prison Iran built for itself
In 2020 we investigated the dark prison in the heart of Tehran – where Nazanin was detained.
Further listening
BBC Radio 4: Nazanin
A Tortoise studios production
Tortoise editor Ceri Thomas investigates the mystery of a decades-old tank debt with Iran, and how it may have ended up costing Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe her freedom.
