in tehran over the case of british
iranian nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe
who's been injail since 2016.
the mother of one is serving
a five—year prison term on charges
of spying and trying to overthrow
the iranian government,
which she denies.
the two—hour meeting covered
a number ofareas, including
mrs zaghari—ratcliffe‘s situation.
our diplomatic correspondent
james robbins reports.
it could look routine, shaking hands
before talks will stop but there is
nothing routine about this
encounter. the foreign secretary and
uncharacteristic pretence, and with
good reason. he wants to improve
relations, but also criticised some
of iran's actions, while arguing for
prison releases, including of
nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, i case
many accuse him of damaging because
of loose talk last month. watching