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2,000 days since Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained: Foreign Secretary's statement

Liz Truss issued a statement today (23 September), marking 2,000 days since Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained in Iran.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said:

Today marks 2,000 days since Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s cruel separation from her family.

She is going through an appalling ordeal.

We are working tirelessly to secure her return home to her family.

I pressed the Iranian foreign minister on this yesterday and will continue to press until she returns home.

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Published 23 September 2021