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The long, necessarily cloak-and-dagger fight to set Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori free is a story that begins in New York—about the sultan's palace in Muscat and the icy sidewalks of London's King Charles Street— — An end to annoying delays at Tehran International Airport.
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and her team were praised in the House of Commons for their role and determination in overseeing this extraordinary effort after the final release of the two Anglo-Iranian men on Wednesday.
Liz Truss and her State Department officials wiretapped Nazanin Zagri-Ratcliffe on a plane from Tehran after six years in prison. Simon Dawson/10 Downing Street
Others will say it shouldn't have lasted so long, and in the moment of victory she resorted to brutal realpolitik to get other British citizens like Morad Tahbaz of Iran - ostensibly released but in reality Still under armed guard.
It was also true that Truss happened to be in office — the fifth secretary of state to have the document — when the moment finally came to strike a deal.
But the foreign minister has invested considerable personal effort in negotiations with Iran, and there is no guarantee that it will be successful. A few days after taking office, she spoke by phone with Zaharie Ratcliffe's husband, Richard Ratcliffe, and highlighted a meeting with Iran's new foreign minister, Hussein Amir, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York in September. Abdullahian. The first face-to-face talks between the two countries since Jeremy Hunt returned empty-handed from a meeting in Tehran three years ago. Much of the meeting was devoted to how to move on to tackle £400m of debt and dual prisoners after two false starts earlier this year.
Day 21 of Richard Ratcliffe's hunger strike outside the Foreign Office in London in November 2021. Sophia Evans/The Observer
But in a cold November, Richard Ratcliffe went on a surprisingly successful 21-day hunger strike outside the Foreign Office on King Charles Street, Awakens Truss. With his small tent so close to Parliament, Ratcliffe's cause became a concern in Westminster, as MPs were impressed with his personal integrity and developed a cross-party respect for him. The political momentum must have shaken the Foreign Office. A meeting in Westminster Hall was packed with MPs who
#NazaninZaghariRatcliffe #looking #forwardnew
22:17
The long, necessarily cloak-and-dagger fight to set Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori free is a story that begins in New York—about the sultan's palace in Muscat and the icy sidewalks of London's King Charles Street— — An end to annoying delays at Tehran International Airport.
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and her team were praised in the House of Commons for their role and determination in overseeing this extraordinary effort after the final release of the two Anglo-Iranian men on Wednesday.
Liz Truss and her State Department officials wiretapped Nazanin Zagri-Ratcliffe on a plane from Tehran after six years in prison. Simon Dawson/10 Downing Street
Others will say it shouldn't have lasted so long, and in the moment of victory she resorted to brutal realpolitik to get other British citizens like Morad Tahbaz of Iran - ostensibly released but in reality Still under armed guard.
It was also true that Truss happened to be in office — the fifth secretary of state to have the document — when the moment finally came to strike a deal.
But the foreign minister has invested considerable personal effort in negotiations with Iran, and there is no guarantee that it will be successful. A few days after taking office, she spoke by phone with Zaharie Ratcliffe's husband, Richard Ratcliffe, and highlighted a meeting with Iran's new foreign minister, Hussein Amir, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York in September. Abdullahian. The first face-to-face talks between the two countries since Jeremy Hunt returned empty-handed from a meeting in Tehran three years ago. Much of the meeting was devoted to how to move on to tackle £400m of debt and dual prisoners after two false starts earlier this year.
Day 21 of Richard Ratcliffe's hunger strike outside the Foreign Office in London in November 2021. Sophia Evans/The Observer
But in a cold November, Richard Ratcliffe went on a surprisingly successful 21-day hunger strike outside the Foreign Office on King Charles Street, Awakens Truss. With his small tent so close to Parliament, Ratcliffe's cause became a concern in Westminster, as MPs were impressed with his personal integrity and developed a cross-party respect for him. The political momentum must have shaken the Foreign Office. A meeting in Westminster Hall was packed with MPs who