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PM fails to apologise to Zaghari-Ratcliffe for the ‘massive impact’ his lies had on her detention
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her husband Richard Ratcliffe, daughter Gabriella leaving 10 Downing Street, central London, after a meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson

BORIS JOHNSON failed to apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe today when she confronted him about the “massive impact” that his lies had on her six-year detention in Iran.

Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe and her husband Richard Ratcliffe had a meeting with the Prime Minister at Downing Street, along with their daughter Gabriella and constituency MP Tulip Siddiq.

The British-Iranian dual national was freed in March, along with fellow detainee Anoosheh Ashoori, after Britain agreed to settle a historic £400 million debt to the Middle Eastern country.

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