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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's long fight for freedom
FromThe New Statesman Podcast: UK general election news and analysis
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's long fight for freedom
FromThe New Statesman Podcast: UK general election news and analysis
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22 minutes
Released:
Mar 18, 2022
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been reunited with her family in Britain, having been imprisoned for years in Iran on charges of seeking to overthrow the country’s government, which she has always denied. Her release along with another dual citizen, Anoosheh Ashoori, came after the payment of a long withheld £450m debt owed by the British government to Iran. Ailbhe Rea and Anoosh Chakelian discuss Richard Ratcliffe’s tireless campaign to free his wife, how a deal was finally achieved and why it took so long. Then in You Ask Us a listener asks whether the post-austerity rise in UK borrowing to the highest level since the Second World War is down to the pandemic alone, or other factors.If you have a question for You Ask Us, email podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
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Mar 18, 2022
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