Iran Shouldn’t Use British Nationals as ‘Political Leverage,’ UK’s Cleverly Says

Iranian-British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is seen in an undated photograph handed out by her family. Ratcliffe Family Handout via Reuters

The Iranian regime shouldn’t use British dual nationals as “political leverage,” a British minister said on Monday.

James Cleverly, Britain’s Foreign Office minister for Middle East and North Africa, said that the incarceration of British-Iranian nationals such as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is “completely unacceptable and inappropriate” and should be kept separate from ongoing legal disputes between the two countries.