“‘A long time coming’: Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Ashoori’s families joyful at release”, Ben Quinn, The Guardian, 16 mars 2022

Iran’s release of the British-Iranian nationals Anoosheh Ashoori and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been greeted with joy by their families, with Richard Ratcliffe saying: “Homecoming is a journey, not an arrival.”

Ratcliffe, who has been at the forefront of campaigning for his wife’s release since she was imprisoned in Tehran after going there to visit family, told broadcasters that there would have to be a recovery process, adding: “You can’t get back the time that’s gone.”

Speaking alongside the couple’s seven-year-old daughter, Gabriella, he added: “I don’t think it will just be today, there will be a whole process, and hopefully we’ll look back in years to come and just be a normal family and this will be a chapter in our lives, but there are many more chapters to come.”

He also expressed thanks for the help given by UK government and Foreign Office officials, along with “ministers at different points” and MPs during the campaign to bring his wife back to Britain…. LIRE LA SUITE