Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

UK-Iranian prisoner could be released

London - Muslimchronicle

British-Iranian citizen Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is serving a five-year jail sentence in Tehran for alleged sedition, could be due for early release and possibly home for Christmas, her husband said Thursday. Richard Ratcliffe told AFP that his wife had received notification from her Iranian lawyer that she was now "marked for early release" following an update on Iran's judicial database.Read more

UK foreign minister in Iran to push

Tehran - Muslimchronicle

Britain's foreign minister visited Iran on Saturday to press for the release of British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe amid accusations at home that one of his gaffes has seriously harmed her case. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson held two hours of "frank" talks with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif, which also touched on the landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran andRead more

Britain's Johnson to visit Iran, seek prisoner's release

London - Muslimchronicle

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is to visit Iran this weekend, where he will press for the release of a British-Iranian woman held in a Tehran prison, his office said Friday. Johnson will seek the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was sentenced to five years in prison in September 2016 for taking part in mass anti-regime protests in 2009 --Read more

Iran sets Dec. 10 court date for jailed Iranian-British aid worker

London - Muslimchronicle

Iran has told jailed Iranian-British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe that she will appear in court next month accused of spreading propaganda, her husband, Richard, said on Thursday. “She’s been told she will appear in court on Dec. 10,” he told Reuters. He said that he understood she would appear in court charged with spreading propaganda. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project managerRead more

Britain considers diplomatic protection for jailed aid worker in Iran

London - Muslimchronicle

British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government is considering granting diplomatic protection to a jailed aid worker in Iran as part of an effort to secure her release from a jail in the Islamic Republic. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was sentenced to five years after being convicted by an Iranian court of plotting to overthrowRead more

Johnson accused of jeopardising case of Briton

London - Muslimchronicle

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson called his Iranian counterpart on Tuesday in a bid to clarify remarks which left him accused of jeopardising the case of a British-Iranian woman jailed in Tehran. Johnson faced calls to quit after telling a parliamentary committee last week that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was training journalists in Iran when she was arrested for alleged sedition lastRead more

Held UK-Iranian woman linked to 2009 protests

Tehran - Arab Today

An Iranian-British woman detained in Iran on charges of seeking to overthrow the government was implicated in anti-regime protests in 2009, a judicial official said. There had previously been scant information about the grounds for the arrest in April of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a 37-year-old employee of the Thomson Reuters Foundation. But a report from Iran’s Mizan news agency late FridayRead more

Detained British-Iranian woman linked

Tehran - Arab Today

Iranian-British woman ‘in Iran coup plot’

Tehran - Arab Today

An Iranian-British woman detained in Iran faces charges of trying to cause the “soft toppling” of the government, a state-run news agency reported Wednesday. IRNA’s report marks the first official acknowledgment of the detention of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who works for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of the news agency. The foundation did not immediately respond to a requestRead more

Husband's Plea For Wife Detained In Iran

Tehran - Arab Today

A British man has appealed to David Cameron to help secure her release of his wife, who is being held in an Iranian jail. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has dual British-Iranian citizenship, was detained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard on 3 April as she tried to return to the UK after visiting family. According to her husband Richard, she has beenRead more