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