Ministry defends foreign secretary, who admits he could have been clearer about Nazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeThe Foreign Office has insisted Boris Johnson’s remarks about a British-Iranian woman have had no impact on her imprisonment in Iran, although the foreign secretary has admitted he “could have been clearer”in his comments. “The foreign secretary said this was absolutely not true. The former shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper and the former foreign secretary Jack Straw have been among those condemning the remarks, made last week to the foreign affairs select committee. | Mary Dejevsky Read moreThe foreign secretary was also criticised by Tory grandee Sir Malcolm Rifkind, who accused him of being too hazy on the detail of his Foreign Office brief. Johnson had told the foreign affairs select committee last week that he believed Zaghari-Ratcliffe was “simply teaching people journalism, as I understand it”.

Source: The Guardian November 07, 2017 12:12 UTC