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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: I won't recover for a long time

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has spoken to the BBC about her struggle to return to normal life after being imprisoned in Iran.

The British-Iranian national was arrested in Iran in 2016 on spying charges, which she denied.

She was released in March 2022 and returned to the UK following a sustained campaign.

11 April 2024

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe case

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