In her first public comments since arriving back in Britain, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman freed from detention in Iran last week, on Monday appealed for others unjustly held in Tehran to be allowed to leave, saying that she herself should have been released a long time ago.
At the press conference she pointed out that “justice in Iran does not have any meaning” and apparently referring to Iran’s negotiations with world powers over its nuclear issue, said that the freedom of dual nationals “should not be linked to international agreements.”
She was freed after the UK paid a four-decade-old £400m ($522 million) debt to Iran. Iranian state media in 2021 cited unidentified Iranian officials as saying that the British-Iranian aid worker would be freed once the debt had been paid
At the press conference she pointed out that “justice in Iran does not have any meaning” and apparently referring to Iran’s negotiations with world powers over its nuclear issue, said that the freedom of dual nationals “should not be linked to international agreements.”
Following her release, Iran’s hardliner media continued to accuse her and other British- Iranian detainees of spying and highlighted that Tehran got paid to free them.
Recalling her experience in detention, she said it would always “haunt” her but declined to speak about her ordeal in solitary confinement, presumably due to the presence of her seven-year-old daughter Gabriella at the press conference.
Iran is still holding several other western dual nationals.
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