Two US residents, one of whom is on death row, are being unfairly excluded, says Richard Ratcliffe
July 2023
Foreign Office complacent over Britons held overseas, says Richard Ratcliffe
Andy Murray strolls into Wimbledon second round but rain halts outer court matches
June 2023
‘Loss for Iran’s wildlife’: woman jailed in Tehran calls for environmentalists’ release
Aras Amiri, a former British Council employee, was held in Evin prison with seven members of the Persian Wildlife Heritage Foundation
April 2023
UK government spurned chances to free Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, say MPs
Report on hostage diplomacy attacks handling of Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori cases and criticises Johnson and Truss
March 2023
British-Iranian’s hunger strike outside Foreign Office hits day 27
Vahid Beheshti is striking to persuade the UK government to proscribe the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps
Observer TV reviews
The week in TV: Wild Isles; Match of the Day; Extrapolations; Nazanin; Paula – review
The BBC scored the ultimate own goal and took aim at David Attenborough’s last voyage, while a megawatt cast powered a preachy climate drama. Plus, the poles-apart struggles of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Paula Yates
TV review
Nazanin review – the British government will make you lose your faith in humanity
TV tonight
TV tonight: inside Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s six-year fight to get home
UK urged to sanction Iranian officials on anniversary of Zaghari-Ratcliffe release
December 2022
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tells Andy Murray of ‘joy’ of watching him play from prison
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe recounts joy of watching Andy Murray in 2016 Wimbledon win – audio
Our loved ones are imprisoned abroad. Why won’t the UK government help?
Gurpreet Singh Johal and Sanaa Seif
2022: what happened next?
‘I have to control the flashbacks’: Anoosheh Ashoori on life after being freed from an Iranian jail
October 2022
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to publish memoir about her years in jail in Iran
Anoosheh Ashoori: freed detainee, 68, to run London Marathon ‘in solidarity with Iranians’