Meanwhile, state television aired footage of an emotional Chinese-American national Xiyue Wang as U.S. President Donald Trump continues his hard line against Tehran and its nuclear deal with world powers. On Thursday, Iranian state television aired a seven-minute special report on Zaghari-Ratcliffe. Mother of young child Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in Iran since April 2016, accused of spying which she denies. Though Johnson later corrected himself, the Iranian television report made a point to highlight them. Princeton, his wife and others had been quietly working toward his release when Iran publicly announced his prison sentence in July.

Source: Washington Post November 26, 2017 17:36 UTC