Hostage diplomacy

The refusal of the British embassy in Tehran to send a representative along to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's court hearing yesterday is (unless there is something going on behind the scenes) beyond contempt.

This Guardian podcast is well worth listening to as we learn how other countries find a way to get their citizens released from Iranian jails: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/today-in-focus/id1440133626#episodeGuid=6049e3f78f08a73fb523b244 ■