Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband criticises US-Iran prisoners release deal

Two US residents, one of whom is on death row, are being unfairly excluded, says Richard Ratcliffe

Two US residents, one in fear of execution, are being unfairly excluded from an imminent deal between US-Iran to release prisoners, the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has claimed.

Richard Ratcliffe, whose wife was freed after five years in a Tehran prison
in 2022, said there was no legal reason why the two residents were not included in a deal to release five US citizens in return for the unfreezing of $6bn (4.8bn) of Iranian assets in South Korea. It is also expected that four Iranians will be released from US jails.