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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (née Zaghari; Persian: نازنین زاغری; born 26 December 1978) is an Iranian-British dual citizen who was detained in Iran from 3 April 2016 to 16 March 2022 as part of a long-running dispute between Britain and Iran. In early September 2016, she was sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of plotting to topple the Iranian government. While in prison, she went on at least three hunger strikes trying to persuade Iranian authorities to provide medical treatment for her health problems. She was temporarily released on 17 March 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, but subject to electronic monitoring. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is the 306th most popular extremist (down from 275th in 2024), the 573rd most popular biography from Iran (down from 527th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iranian Extremist.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ranks 306 out of 283. Before her are Jimmy Chérizier, Tetsuya Yamagami, Ajmal Kasab, Monster of Florence, Saeed al-Ghamdi, and Sarabjit Singh. After her are Majed Moqed, Ahmed al-Haznawi, Omar Mateen, Salem al-Hazmi, Takahiro Shiraishi, and Ahmed Abdi Godane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ranks 1,006. Before her are Patricia Wartusch, Franck Atsou, Anna Zatonskih, Riley Smith, Peter Mankoč, and Rafael Olarra. After her are Yana Dementyeva, Niña Pastori, Marion Wagner, Scott Lynch, Shaun Morgan, and Will Solomon.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ranks 573 out of 631. Before her are Maz Jobrani (1972), Ramin Karimloo (1978), Afshin Peyrovani (1970), Ramin Rezaeian (1990), Jefferson Fredo Rodrigues (1978), and Reza Enayati (1976). After her are Vahid Amiri (1988), Ghasem Rezaei (1985), Reza Shahroudi (1972), Milad Mohammadi (1993), Behrouz Sebt Rasoul (1970), and Javad Foroughi (1979).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Iran

Among extremists born in Iran, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ranks 3. Before her are Atefeh Sahaaleh (1987), and Mohammed Bijeh (1982). After her are Zeynab Jalalian (1982).

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