Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Debate
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(7 years, 1 month ago)
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The case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a very difficult consular case, and that is how we are treating it.
A number of my constituents have contacted me expressing concerns about the case. Can my right hon. Friend assure them that he and the Government are doing absolutely everything possible to exert influence to secure the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, and does he agree that that should be our one and only priority and our one and only focus, in the Government and in the House?
I can certainly give my hon. Friend that assurance, and I can also tell him that our ambassador —our excellent ambassador—in Tehran is working on the case daily.