Readers respond to Richard Ratcliffe’s article about his fight to free his wife, who has been held in prison in Tehran since 2016
It’s impossible not to wonder at the bravery of Richard Ratcliffe during his hunger strike outside the Foreign Office (After 17 days of hunger strike, I’m still trying to save Nazanin, 9 November). Nothing wonderful, though, about the cowardice and cruelty of Boris Johnson and his advisers over the £400m acknowledged British debt to Iran, which remains unpaid.
Of the debt, a motion from the opposition benches to have this paid immediately could and should be moved, and a vote duly taken in the expectation that a majority of MPs would vote for payment. Meanwhile, arrangements for Nazanin to be returned to the UK should be made without delay, so that a family can be reunited.
