UK in denial over hostage-taking by foreign states, says Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who spent six years in Iranian jail, says ministers have failed to fulfil vow to appoint special envoy to combat problem
The UK government is in denial about the extent of hostage-taking by foreign states and has failed to fulfil its promise to appoint a special envoy to combat the problem, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has said.
Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was kept in an Iranian jail for six years on bogus espionage charges until her release in March 2022, was speaking at a conference dedicated to eradicating the growing international practice of hostage-taking.