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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband Richard writes for Big Issue: 'Ours is a story about people'
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband Richard writes for Big Issue: 'Ours is a story about people'

When his wife, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, was falsely imprisoned in Iran, Richard Ratcliffe learned how powerful ordinary people’s kindness and honesty could be
The Seed of the Sacred Fig: Inside the Iranian film that a brave cast and crew risked everything for
Film

The Seed of the Sacred Fig: Inside the Iranian film that a brave cast and crew risked everything for

Our leaders' self-interest has brought us to the brink of world war
John Bird

Our leaders' self-interest has brought us to the brink of world war

'I exist as two people': Peyvand Sadeghian lays bare the politics of identity
First person

'I exist as two people': Peyvand Sadeghian lays bare the politics of identity

Leila Farzad: I didn't see people that looked like me on TV growing up
TV

Leila Farzad: I didn't see people that looked like me on TV growing up

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Iranian ‘gangster’ regime must change, says refugee pop star Shab
Iranian pop star Shab
political pop

Iranian ‘gangster’ regime must change, says refugee pop star Shab

Jamal Khashoggi and the new film humanising the man behind the headlines
Jamal Khashoggi and Hatice Cengiz
Film

Jamal Khashoggi and the new film humanising the man behind the headlines