Foreig­n Secret­ary Boris Johnso­n's visit first by a top Britis­h diplom­at since 2015TEHRAN: Britain’s foreign minister arrived in Iran on Saturday to press for the release of British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe amid accusations at home that one of his gaffes has seriously harmed her case. “I will stress my grave concerns about our dual national consular cases and press for their release where there are humanitarian grounds to do so,” Johnson said ahead of the visit. British foreign minister says Saudi and Iran stoking proxy wars in Middle EastNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian citizen, was arrested at Tehran airport on April 3, 2016, after visiting relatives with her young daughter. It unfolds amid mass protests across the Muslim world over Trump’s decision to move the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. “Iran is a significant country in a strategically important, but volatile and unstable, region which matters to the UK’s security and prosperity,” Johnson said.

Source: The Express Tribune December 09, 2017 09:45 UTC