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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

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.

Most Popular Extremists in Wikipedia

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Jimmy Chérizier
1977 - Present
HPI: 42.54
Rank: 300
Tetsuya Yamagami
1980 - Present
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 301
Ajmal Kasab
1987 - 2012
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 302
Monster of Florence
1945 - 2000
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 303
Saeed al-Ghamdi
1979 - 2001
HPI: 41.62
Rank: 304
Sarabjit Singh
1963 - 2013
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 305
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 306
Majed Moqed
1977 - 2001
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 307
Ahmed al-Haznawi
1980 - 2001
HPI: 41.13
Rank: 308
Omar Mateen
1986 - 2016
HPI: 40.72
Rank: 309
Salem al-Hazmi
1981 - 2001
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 310
Takahiro Shiraishi
1990 - 2025
HPI: 40.45
Rank: 311
Ahmed Abdi Godane
1977 - 2014
HPI: 39.93
Rank: 312

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.

Others Born in 1978

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Patricia Wartusch
TENNIS PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 1,000
Franck Atsou
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 1,001
Anna Zatonskih
CHESS PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 1,002
Riley Smith
ACTOR
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.28
Rank: 1,003
Peter Mankoč
SWIMMER
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 1,004
Rafael Olarra
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 1,005
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
EXTREMIST
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 1,006
Yana Dementyeva
ATHLETE
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 1,007
Niña Pastori
SINGER
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 1,008
Marion Wagner
ATHLETE
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 1,009
Scott Lynch
WRITER
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 1,010
Shaun Morgan
SINGER
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 1,011
Will Solomon
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.21
Rank: 1,012