Johnson claims progress over Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliff after Tehran visit
(The Guardian Iran)

Foreign secretary says his plea for release of British Iranian `received and understood´ but too early to be confident it will be metBoris Johnson has said hisplea to the Iranians to release British dual-nationals such as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been `received and understood`, but it was too early to be confident of whether his call for her release on humanitarian grounds would be met. The UK foreign secretary said he hoped the presence of Zaghari-Ratcliffe´s three-year-old daughter in Tehran awaiting her mother´s release, would be uppermost in the Iranian´s minds. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a 38-year-old Iranian-British dual national who has been jailed in Iran since April 2016. She has been accused of attempting to orchestrate a `soft overthrow` of the Islamic Republic. She and her three-year-old daughter, Gabriella, were about to return to the UK from Iran after a family visit when she was arrested. Since then, she has spent most of her time in Evin prison in Tehran, separated from her daughter. Continue reading...