"We can't turn back the time that has passed. We will live in the future."



The story of a man who waited for his wife who was detained over diplomatic issues between Britain and Iran for 2,172 days is becoming a hot topic.



According to local media such as the BBC on the 17th local time, according to local media such as the BBC, British Richard Ratcliffe (46) was detained in an Iranian prison due to diplomatic issues between Britain and Iran, but his wife Na Janinja Lee Ratcliffe was released after six years. (44) met Mr.



Najanin, a dual citizen of the UK and Iran, took her daughter to her Iranian home for New Year's Eve 2016, but never returned to the UK.



This is because local authorities arrested Najanin at the Tehran airport saying that he worked for the British charity Thomson Reuters Foundation and conspired to overthrow the regime.



Najanin, who was arrested, vehemently denied the charges, but an Iranian court sentenced him to five years in prison.


Richard, who has suddenly lost sight of his wife and daughter, has repeatedly petitioned the British Prime Minister and Iran's supreme leader to return the family.



At the time, local authorities questioned Mr. Najanin of 'conspiring to overthrow the regime', and the couple even waged a hunger strike in Britain and Iran, meaning "never did that."



The British government asked Mr. Richard, "Please be quiet as the negotiations are in progress," but Mr. Richard found the cause of his wife's unfair spying in Iran while looking through diplomatic documents.



The cause was £400 million (about 630 billion won) that Britain did not repay to Iran.



Mr. Richard thought that Iran had put 400 million pounds in the British bank during the reign of King Pahlavi in ​​1979, but when Britain did not return it to the United States in accordance with US sanctions against Iran, he thought that Nazanin was taken hostage.


Meanwhile, Mr. Najanin was released from prison after serving his sentence, but local authorities charged him additionally for his past participation in protests, and he was detained again in prison.



In response, Mr. Richard started a hunger strike again in front of the British Foreign Ministry building, and with this effort, domestic and foreign public opinion demanding the extradition of Mr. Najanin gradually heated up.



Najanin was reunited with his family at Oxfordshire Airport in England on the 17th (local time) as the British government eventually repaid £400m (approximately 630 billion won) to Iran on condition of 'humanitarian use'.



Richard told reporters about his feelings, "We cannot turn back the time that has passed, but we will live in the future."



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