'No Way to Treat a Trapped British Citizen.' the Case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

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Barry Rosen was held prisoner in Iran 37 years ago, charged with spying. He was eventually released, but those distant events resonate now with the plight of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, whose husband fears she is being used by Tehran as a political “bargaining chip”... Rosen joined the board of pressure group, United Against Nuclear Iran, in May. The group lobbies large corporations against operating in Iran, on the proviso that money coming into the Middle Eastern country helps fund human rights abuses and its nuclear weapons programme. Rosen argues doing business in Iran, which relies on the use of dual nationals, is “nonsensical”. He says it carries the risk of imprisonment, kidnapping, torture, execution and incarceration of staff... For Barry Rosen, who was charged with spying against the Iranian state 37 years ago, Nazanin Ratcliffe’s case is all too familiar. Though he fears there is little to be done, he urges Richard Ratcliffe to continue his work campaigning for her release, and not to take his feet off the pedal.