Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Husband of British mother jailed in Iran urges government to use aid to help secure her release – The Independent –

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Husband of British mother jailed in Iran urges government to use aid to help secure her release – The Independent – Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Husband of British mother jailed in Iran urges government to use aid to help secure her release  The Independent

The husband of imprisoned British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is pressing the government to use humanitarian aid for Iran to break the logjam on a long-running dispute that her supporters believe may be holding back her release. Richard Ratcliffe believes his wife is being used as a bargaining chip in Iran’s claim for the payment of a debt of around £400m dating back to the 1970s. And he fears that even if a settlement is reached over the sum owed, international sanctions regimes – and pressure from the US – may prevent the payment of the funds to the Iranian military or state …

– June 2, 2019 at 07:37PM

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