Johnson in Iran to push for UK woman release

tehran — Britain’s foreign minister visited Iran on Saturday to press for the release of BritishIranian woman Nazanin ZaghariRatcliffe amid accusations at home that one of his gaffes has seriously harmed her case.

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson held talks with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif which also touched on a landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, the future of which has been thrown into doubt by US President Donald Trump.

Johnson also met Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, who said Britain needed to do more to open trade and banking ties with Iran. —