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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is the 279th most popular extremist (down from 272nd in 2019), the 534th 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 279 out of 283Before her are Waleed al-Shehri, Amy Fisher, Khader Adnan, Hakimullah Mehsud, Ajmal Kasab, and Monster of Florence. After her are Omar Mateen, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Omar Khadr, Samantha Lewthwaite, Dylann Roof, and Lucy Letby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1978, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ranks 927Before her are Patricia Wartusch, Franck Atsou, Anna Zatonskih, Riley Smith, Peter Mankoč, and Rafael Olarra. After her are Yana Dementyeva, Marion Wagner, Scott Lynch, Shaun Morgan, Kenji Arai, and Denny Vrandečić.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe ranks 534 out of 631Before her are Alireza Mansourian (1971), Maz Jobrani (1972), Ramin Karimloo (1978), 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), Javad Foroughi (1979), and Zahra Nemati (1985).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Iran

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