U.K. Foreign Secretary Regrets Remarks on Briton Imprisoned in Iran
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U.K. Foreign Secretary Regrets Remarks on Briton Imprisoned in Iran
Mr. Johnson’s words were quickly seized upon by Iran-state television and, four days later, by the Iranian authorities, who cited them in a court hearing as proof
that she had engaged in "propaganda against the regime." Mr. Johnson at first equivocated, saying his remarks could have been clearer and that there was no doubt that Ms. Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been on vacation.
13, 2017
LONDON — Boris Johnson, Britain’s foreign secretary, apologized on Monday for misleading remarks about a British-Iranian woman imprisoned in Iran
that her family said could be used to justify, and even prolong, her sentence for sedition.
that The house should bear in mind that Iran’s regime,
and no one else, has chosen to separate this mother from her infant daughter for reasons even they find it difficult to explain or describe.
Mr. Ratcliffe told the BBC this month that he hoped to accompany the foreign secretary to Iran so he could see his wife for the first time in 19 months,
but that he was unsure if his request would be accepted.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was arrested in Tehran last year
and sentenced to five years in prison for what her family and other supporters said were fabricated allegations of plotting to overthrow the Iranian establishment.
" he said. that I acknowledge that the words that I used were open to being misinterpreted
and I apologize to Mrs. Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her family if I have inadvertently caused them any further anguish,
Mr. Johnson’s words were quickly seized upon by Iran-state television and, four days later, by the Iranian authorities, who cited them in a court hearing as proof
that she had engaged in "propaganda against the regime." Mr. Johnson at first equivocated, saying his remarks could have been clearer and that there was no doubt that Ms. Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been on vacation.
13, 2017
LONDON — Boris Johnson, Britain’s foreign secretary, apologized on Monday for misleading remarks about a British-Iranian woman imprisoned in Iran
that her family said could be used to justify, and even prolong, her sentence for sedition.
that The house should bear in mind that Iran’s regime,
and no one else, has chosen to separate this mother from her infant daughter for reasons even they find it difficult to explain or describe.
Mr. Ratcliffe told the BBC this month that he hoped to accompany the foreign secretary to Iran so he could see his wife for the first time in 19 months,
but that he was unsure if his request would be accepted.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was arrested in Tehran last year
and sentenced to five years in prison for what her family and other supporters said were fabricated allegations of plotting to overthrow the Iranian establishment.
" he said. that I acknowledge that the words that I used were open to being misinterpreted
and I apologize to Mrs. Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her family if I have inadvertently caused them any further anguish,