About Anoosheh Ashoori
Anoosheh Ashoori is a British–Iranian businessman currently detained in Iran. Iranian authorities arrested Ashoori in August 2017, when he went to the country to visit his mother.
Alireza Akbari: Widespread outrage after British-Iranian executed
... British-Iranian citizens Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori were released and allowed to leave Iran last year after the UK settled a longstanding debt owed to Tehran...
New Zealand Instagram couple 'relieved' after leaving Iran
... In March, the UK agreed to pay a historic debt of £400m ($464m) to secure the release of Anoosheh Ashoori and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe...
Evin prison fire: Gun shots and sirens heard at notorious detention centre
... British-Iranian dual nationals Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori were both held on spying charges, which they denied, before their release earlier this year...
London Marathon: Former Iran detainee 'determined' to finish race
... Anoosheh Ashoori, from Lewisham, south-east London, Talking to the BBC s Today programme, the 68-year-old said he was dedicating his run to the people of Iran and its prisoners...
Liz Truss: Fast-track career of foreign secretary
... She secured the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori from Iran - two British Iranian nationals who had both been arrested and detained in Iran...
No UK official forced Nazanin to sign confession - minister
... Fellow British-Iranian national Anoosheh Ashoori, detained since 2017 on spying charges, was released at the same time...
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says Iran made her confess as a condition of her release
... Her, enabling her to return to the UK along with fellow British-Iranian national Anoosheh Ashoori, came after the UK paid a £400m debt owed to Iran from the 1970s, although both governments have said the two issues should not be linked...
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tells PM: Your mistake had a lasting impact
... Another British-Iranian national, Anoosheh Ashoori, was released at the same time as Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe...
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