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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Smuggled TV, Knife to Prison

By Drooid · Sep 20, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC · How we work

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe smuggled TV episodes onto an illegal USB stick and watched them with inmates.
She also concealed a bulky Swiss Army knife inside her shoe.
She organized Zumba dances and baked pizza using a makeshift oven for prisoners.
She was released in March 2022 after the UK repaid a multimillion-dollar debt to Iran.
She says sewing remains her refuge following the February military attack on Iran.

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe smuggled TV episodes onto an illegal USB stick and watched them with inmates.
She also concealed a bulky Swiss Army knife inside her shoe.
She organized Zumba dances and baked pizza using a makeshift oven for prisoners.
She was released in March 2022 after the UK repaid a multimillion-dollar debt to Iran.
She says sewing remains her refuge following the February military attack on Iran.