Episode 3
In 2016, the United States secured the release of some of its citizens imprisoned in Iran. Did it lead to Nazanin's imprisonment? Her fate and the debt issue finally collide.
In early 2016, the United States secured the release of some of its citizens imprisoned in Iran. Months later, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was taken hostage, caught up in the backdraft of the US deal. Her fate and the decades-old issue of an unpaid debt finally collide.
Presenter: Ceri Thomas
Producer: Matt Russell
Original music: Tom Kinsella
A Tortoise Media production for BBC Radio 4
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