Nazannin Ratcliffe

[Cleve van Leef]

What a despicable country Iran is, why hasn’t our government and the UN done more for her

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56390394

[Hilts]

Re: Nazannin Ratcliffe

The UK Government have enough on their hands dealing with statue vandalisers.

One thing at a time.

[Cleve van Leef]

Re: Nazannin Ratcliffe

The UK Government have enough on their hands dealing with statue vandalisers.

One thing at a time.

Sorry, forgot all about the important things like that.

Minor charge as well, attending a demonstration in London and giving an interview to BBC 12 years ago. Probably will only get another 5 years.

[Vindec]

Re: Nazannin Ratcliffe

What a despicable country Iran is, why hasn’t our government and the UN done more for her

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56390394

There are 13 others but Nazannin Ratcliffe is the most high profile being held virtual hostage.

[Vindec]

Re: Nazannin Ratcliffe

What a despicable country Iran is, why hasn’t our government and the UN done more for her

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56390394

There are 13 others but Nazannin Ratcliffe is the most high profile being held virtual hostage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...itish_citizens

[Cleve van Leef]

Re: Nazannin Ratcliffe

There are 13 others but Nazannin Ratcliffe is the most high profile being held virtual hostage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...itish_citizens

And they shouldn’t be forgotten, unfortunately they have been neglected/forgotten as well. It seems that their lives are worthless in the greater view of things.

[Feedback]

Re: Nazannin Ratcliffe

Do we have any prisoners in the UK who are from other countries?

I'm not justifying Iran, but surely we must accept that they have different laws, and if those laws have been broken then there will be punishment.

and before anyone criticises, we have no idea if laws have been broken or not.

[Rjk]

Re: Nazannin Ratcliffe

just heard on the radio that apparently we owe Iran 400 million quid, and this poor lady is being used as a pawn to get us to pay up.

of course Iran should have followed the usual protocol of donating the Tory party a few thousand quid and then being awarded a contract for PPE for half a billion quid

[ninian opinian]

Re: Nazannin Ratcliffe

Do we have any prisoners in the UK who are from other countries?

I'm not justifying Iran, but surely we must accept that they have different laws, and if those laws have been broken then there will be punishment.

and before anyone criticises, we have no idea if laws have been broken or not.

As night follows day. Give it a bloody rest mun.

[Elwood Blues]

Re: Nazannin Ratcliffe

Perhaps we should send a gunboat???

[surge]

Re: Nazannin Ratcliffe

No one going to mention that Boris Johnson's factually inaccurate quote was used as evidence against her and he's yet to apologise or own his mistake?

His defence being that Iran were determined to imprison her anyway and therefore him not being on top of the facts and saying something which appears to have made her situation much worse doesn't need to be reckoned with, at least not as publicly as the original statement. But of course it's just another thing he won't apologise for.

[Rjk]

Re: Nazannin Ratcliffe

Perhaps we should send a gunboat???

:facepalm:

[life on mars]

Re: Nazannin Ratcliffe

There are 13 others but Nazannin Ratcliffe is the most high profile being held virtual hostage.

Your right they have others from other countries, and trade them for deals , I'm guessing if we paid up for the tanks she'd be free , think mits called "hostage diplomacy". BBC reports she was told that her imprisonment was linked to a £400m debt owed by Britain for an arms deal to Iran that was done before she was even born.

Dreadful regime, who have no respect for any woman .

I'm guessing the more you engage with them via UK or UN diplomats it
worsens the situation, perhaps a low key approach by the UK may see her release ??

What we don't know about are the back channel chats.

[Former Labour leader]

Re: Nazannin Ratcliffe

No one going to mention that Boris Johnson's factually inaccurate quote was used as evidence against her and he's yet to apologise or own his mistake?

His defence being that Iran were determined to imprison her anyway and therefore him not being on top of the facts and saying something which appears to have made her situation much worse doesn't need to be reckoned with, at least not as publicly as the original statement. But of course it's just another thing he won't apologise for.

Absolutely. This legthy incarceration Is down to one man, Boris Johnspn.

[Elwood Blues]

Re: Nazannin Ratcliffe

:facepalm:

You though I was serious???????????????