Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe

Britons arrested overseas do NOT have a ‘legal right’ right to government help, Foreign Office says 

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British citizens who are wrongfully arrested and tortured overseas will have ‘no legal right to consular assistance’ or protection from the state, the Foreign Office has announced.  In a letter to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s lawyers, the Government said it was under no legal obligation to provide assistance to citizens who were falsely accused of a crime while travelling … Read more

Dissident who was ‘tortured by Iran’ demands release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as he is convicted

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A dissident who claims he was tortured by Iran demanded the release of imprisoned British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe as he was convicted of trying to torch a diplomatic car outside the Iranian Embassy. IT professional Sam Parsa, 60, was accused of planting a bottle of petrol along with a scarf into the exhaust pipe of … Read more