Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Forced Confession Debate
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Rachael Maskell
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Forced Confession
Rachael Maskell Excerpts(2 years, 6 months ago)
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Amanda Milling
As I said in an earlier answer, the Iranian authorities made clear at the airport that they would not let Nazanin leave unless she signed the document. The UK official passed on the message to Nazanin, and given the situation in which Iran had placed her, she agreed to sign it.
Rachael Maskell (York Central) (Lab/Co-op)
Although the Iranian regime is fully responsible for the plights of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori over the past six years, it is clear that the actions of the Foreign Office have not helped on many steps of their journey. Can we therefore have an independent inquiry into the actions and inactions of the Foreign Office that have hindered much of the progress that needed to be made?
Amanda Milling
Diplomats and civil servants within the Foreign Office have worked day and night to secure the release of Nazanin and Anoosheh, and on many other consular cases across the world.