she had been training journalists in iran. >> i acknowledge that the words i used were open to being misinterpreted and i apologize. >> her husband, richard, tirelessly championed her case throughout her detention. embarking on hunger strikes to pressure the british government to take tougher action against the iranian regime. >> the government structure isn't working. the government's approach is unchanged. >> reporter: after several years in tehran's notorious prison, ratcliffe was placed under house arrest due to the coronavirus pandemic and in april 2021, she was handed a further one-year sentence and a travel ban when charges of spreading propaganda against the iranian regime. in the background, ongoing negotiations to revive the iran nuclear deal. controversy around a now settled multimillion dollar debt to iran predating the iranian revolution. and according to foreign secretary, tenacious british