Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's long fight for freedom
March 18, 2022
22 min
Full
593 of 1,433
March 18, 2022
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's long fight for freedom
0:00 / 22:07
Excerpt playback isn’t available for this episode — use the full-episode link.
Search the Record
Moment search isn’t open for this episode yet
When it opens, you’ll be able to type any phrase and jump straight to the second it was said.
The New Statesman Episodes Around March 18, 2022
Episode 593 of 1,433 — walk the feed in the order it was published.
22:07This episodeNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's long fight for freedom
Summary
<p>Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been reunited with her family in Britain, having been imprisoned for years in Iran on charges of seeking to overthrow the country’s government, which she has always denied. Her release along with another dual citizen, Anoosheh Ashoori, came after the payment of a long withheld <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/the-explainer/2021/11/why-does-the-uk-owe-iran-400m-and-will-it-pay-the-debt" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">£450m debt</a> owed by the British government to Iran.</p><p> </p><p>Ailbhe Rea and Anoosh Chakelian discuss Richard Ratcliffe’s <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2022/03/witnessing-the-love-story-of-nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-and-her-husband-was-a-privilege" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">tireless campaign</a> to free his wife, how a deal was finally achieved and why it took so long.</p><p> </p><p>Then in You Ask Us a listener asks whether the post-austerity rise in UK borrowing to the highest level since the Second World War is down to the pandemic alone, or other factors.</p><br /><p>If you have a question for You Ask Us, email <a href="mailto:podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk</a></p><p><strong>LISTEN AD-FREE:</strong></p><p>📱<a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2022/06/newapp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Download the New Statesman app</a></p><br /><p><strong>MORE FROM THE NEW STATESMAN:</strong></p><p>❓ <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/2022/10/you-ask-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ask a question</a> – we answer them every Friday</p><p>⏰ <a href="https://morningcall.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get our daily politics newsletter</a> every morning</p><p>✍️ <a href="http://saturdayread.substack.com/subscribe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Enjoy the best of our writing</a> via email every Saturday</p><hr /><p style="color: grey; font-size: 0.75em;"> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
Episode details and artwork are published by the show’s own feed. Sentinel plays short cited excerpts and links every episode back to its publisher.