Former ambassador to Iran warns against ‘excessively high expectations’ over prospect of British-Iranian woman’s releaseBritain’s former ambassador to Tehran has warned against expecting a breakthrough in the fight to release Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe when Boris Johnson visits Iran later this year,saying negotiations will involve “a long haul”. Sir Richard Dalton also poured cold water on the belief of giving Zaghari-Ratcliffe the status of diplomatic protection, an belief proposed by her family and supporters as way of placing greater pressure on the Tehran regime.
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Source: guardian.co.uk