All language subtitles for Prisoner 951 s01e04.eng

CHAINS CLINK

My name is Richard Ratcliffe,

husband of
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

Today was to have been day 15
of our joint hunger strike.

I say "was" because we have just
received a call from Evin Prison

to say that Nazanin
has broken her hunger strike,

and I will now break mine.

RICHARD: We have been protesting
Nazanin's continued incarceration

as she faces the trauma
of Gabriella's return to the UK.

But as a mother, she will always
do what is best for her daughter.

We are an ordinary family.
An innocent family.

And hopefully soon
we will be together again

and hopefully Nazanin will receive
the medical attention

she has so far been denied.
Thank you.

INDISTINCT CHAT THROUGHOUT

Oh! Just so beautiful.

NAZANIN: Today is Sunday,

and they've granted me
a final visit with Gisou.

Part of me cannot wait to hold her,
smell and kiss her.

Mama!

Another part of me knows
that it is for the last time.

Until when?

I am broken.

And this is home.
This is where we live.

You, me and Mummy.

You probably don't remember
any of it. You were tiny.

Richard,
where shall I put the suitcases?

Um, yeah, we can pop them
in the bedrooms, through here.

Mohammad, this is your room.

You can put your stuff in here
and, Gabriella,

this is your bedroom next door
to Mummy and Daddy's room.

UNTRANSLATED

Um...Mohammad?

Gabriella's saying something.

UNTRANSLATED

She says the bed is for a baby.

Oh, yes.

I'm sorry. Um, you see,
the last time you were here,

the last time I saw you,
you were a baby.

MOHAMMAD TRANSLATES

Um... We'll buy you
a big girl's bed.

A new bed. Big girl's bed.

Because you will need
lots of sleep to do well in school.

MOHAMMAD TRANSLATES

Oh, you must be tired.
Um, would you like a glass of milk?

MOHAMMAD TRANSLATES

And a biscuit. Follow me.

This is, um...
This is the kitchen in here.

Now, I've got a really good book
here. Shall I read you a story?

UNTRANSLATED

It's OK. No, no.
I need to know what she said.

She wants Grandmother
to read to her story.

Understandable.

Her grandmother has been her mother.

Yeah.

Why don't you read it?
No, no, you go. Try.

Richard, how relieved are you
to have Gabriella home?

Oh, it's, um, wonderful,
of course, to see her again

after three and a half years.

Um, to be able to read her a bedtime
story, which I did last night.

She's a lot bigger, of course.

She went out aged one
and three quarters

and came back five with
her own views, thank you very much.

REPORTERS CHUCKLE
Um, it's wonderful.

Not a relief, as such.

She was always safe, always loved,
living with her grandparents.

And, of course,
she would visit Mummy.

Gabriella coming home to Britain

will be difficult
for both her and Nazanin.

The next step, of course,
is to bring Nazanin home,

and I believe
that can only be done

with the repayment
of the �400 million debt.

Regardless of
what the Government says,

that is what this whole mess
is about.

Does Gabriella speak English?
No, she does not.

She might understand a little,
but she converses in Farsi.

She's very much looking forward
to starting school.

And as soon as that happens,
I'm sure her English will follow.

Oh, speaking of the devil.
Or should I say angel?

She's decided to show her face,
and with a cake as well.

Do you want to put it up here
and we'll share it?

Oh, we can cut it. It's a...
It's a celebration cake, isn't it?

Um...this is Gabriella.

Nazanin!

Nazanin!

Nazanin!

ALL CHANT

Narges.

GABRIELLA SPEAKS FARSI

She says she doesn't want to write
a letter for Father Christmas.

She doesn't want him
to come in her house.

I think she might be afraid
of this stranger.

What do you call
Father Christmas in Iran?

Baba Noel, no? Yes, Baba Noel.

OK. Well, Gabriella,
he's the same person.

Just a different name.
In England, we call Baba Noel

Father Christmas
and English children

write to Father Christmas.

UNTRANSLATED

An English girl.

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Can she write another list
in English?

Yes. Yes, of course.

But, look, we can just,
um, copy the letters out.

D...

..o...

..l.

Doll. Doll.

R...a... Rabbit.

I'm ready, Daddy. Are you ready?

Yes. Go!

Oh, my goodness! You look fantastic!

You look so clever already.

Oh, Mummy is going to be so pleased
to see this one day.

And a twirl!

Why is Mummy staying with Mamani?

Well, she's not allowed
to leave Iran.

She's allowed to go outside,
but not too far,

just to the end of the street.

It's really good
Mummy isn't in prison,

but it's still sad
she can't come home. Not yet.

Does that make sense?

One more Christmas and then in March
of next year, that'll be five years.

Her sentence over.

You'll be nearly seven.

Goodness me, an old lady.

GABRIELLA SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY

I'm not in prison,
but I'm still a prisoner.

I cannot wander more than
150 metres from my home,

but I can see her 3,000 miles away.

I spent days on end watching her.

But I'm never with her.

GABRIELLA: Children,
today we are learning letters.

Off. Off.

Not.

BOTH: Not.

On.

BOTH: On.

Off.
BOTH: Off.

Richard, are you working
on the laptop again?

Sorry.
You're working on the laptop.

100 days. It was her.

Mohammad?

Can you not do that, please?

The cupboards are a little dusty.
I am reorganising.

Is he annoying you? No, no. No, no.
No, just lived alone for too long.

QUIETLY: We're all going
a little bit lockdown crazy.

Yes! Well done. High five.

So good. Good jumping, kangaroo.
Well done.

REPORTER: After almost five years
of separation from her family,

the British Iranian
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

has been released at the end of her
sentence in Iran...

REPORTER: Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe,
who was jailed in Iran

nearly five years ago,
has had her ankle tag removed

by the authorities
to mark the end of her sentence,

raising hopes
of a return to Britain.

KNOCK ON DOOR

They couldn't be bothered
to send somebody to her trial.

Just to sit there.

"Not in their best interest,"
they said.

They didn't even know
when her first sentence ended.

It's like she's not enough.

Give up all those millions of pounds
for one dual national mother.

Not a fucking chance.

It's leverage.

Not to be squandered.

They'll never pay.

Ooh... Five. Can you do it?

Well done.

"My dear Richard.

"Never in a million years
did I think

"you would need to endure
another hunger strike.

"I know you're adamant that this
is the only way to make us visible

"and I respect your decision but

"please don't put your health
in danger."

INDISTINCT CHAT

"I'm scared.

"Properly scared.

"My mind is constantly
with you and Gisou.

"I wonder what she feels
about all this

"and how much of this
strange reality she'll remember."

So, school is cool.

It is cool.
And what about your teachers?

Cool. And you've made
lots of friends.

They're, um...cool. Oh.

Well, that's cool.

WOMAN CHUCKLES

You're very brave.

Yeah.

This way, please.

Undersecretary James Cleverly
is joining us.

There we are. Thanks for coming in.

I simply wanted to say hello,
see how you are,

and to assure you
that we are doing everything we can

to, firstly...to bring
her home and, secondly,

to stop her returning to prison.

Your wife's release
is a high priority. Yes.

What is it you are doing exactly?

I'm prepared
to do whatever it takes.

But obviously there are things
I can't talk to you about.

And I'm acutely aware
of not making any missteps.

I've heard all this before,
and for years.

I've been asked to trust you
and to remain patient.

I can no longer do either.

Nothing has changed.

She is not a prisoner, as such.

Fundamentally,
she is a British citizen

who is being used
as a bargaining chip.

When will the Foreign Office
acknowledge this fact?

What do you intend to do about it?

Everything we can possibly do.
Um...

Foreign Secretary,
do you think it would help

if you just paid the Iranians
the money that is owing to them?

As I said at the beginning,

there are some things
that I can't possibly talk about.

We have known for years.

It's all about Britain's failure
to honour the IMF's debt,

despite it being a legal obligation.

But now, post-Brexit,

EU sanctions have completely
fallen away. So...

..there can be no more excuses.
It just needs to be paid.

Are you discussing the debt
with the Iranians?

We can't disclose details
of conversations,

but we always, always, always

bring up the legitimacy
of Nazanin's detention.

Sorry. I just wanted to say
your wife looks so lovely.

It's just so awful
what's happened. Yes.

And I hope you're together
again very soon.

Thank you. Thank you.

Hundreds of comments like that
on social media. And the press?

Creeping interest, I'd say.

Day 15...there'll be more interest.

Day 15 onwards
it becomes more dangerous.

Oh. Good.

BELLS PEAL

You'll never guess
who walked past the other day.

The Queen?

Boris. Johnson.

Didn't stop,
didn't acknowledge me.

Just kept his head down
and walked right past. Oh, my God.

Why couldn't he just say hello?
Yeah. Or wave.

Actually, it's not allowed.
I've been told that Conservative MPs

are forbidden to speak to me.

That is ridiculous. Some of them
came along anyway and said hi.

Jeremy Hunt came by.

Oh, good. I'm glad.

And a huge number of MPs
from other parties.

So at least we're visible again.

How are you? The truth.
Do not say fantastic.

Feet are cold.

Feet are fucking freezing.

Thank you.

Thanks for stopping by.
Keep it going. Thank you. We will.

Hello. How are you?

INDISTINCT CHAT

..we'll take all we can get,
we need to keep pushing.

CAMERA CLICKS, RICHARD SIGHS

REPORTERS: The husband of
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe,

the mother from West Hampstead,
who is being detained in Iran,

says he is looking
and feeling rough...

..on his 16th day
of a hunger strike,

demanding the Government does more
to help secure his wife's...

..wife is being detained because
the UK failed to pay a debt to Iran

for an arms deal in the 1970s...
Richard. Richard.

Hi. Oh, thank you for coming
and stopping by. Thank you so much.

No, no. Thank you for doing this.

Anoosheh would be so grateful.

Oh, no, no. Not at all.

Look, we brought a photo and...

Oh... ..a sign. Yes, fantastic.
Of Anoosheh.

Can we put them up on display? Yeah.
Shall we put them up over here?

And we'd like to stay with you.
Camp with you. Tonight.

Is that OK if the kids
stay with you?

That would be most welcome.
Thank you.

Richard!

Find a space. Thank you.

They want to see us.
There must be news.

When? Now? Now.

Good morning. Hi, John.
Come in. Yes, John.

Hello, Richard.
Thank you for coming in.

How are you? Let's get you sat down,
shall we? Thank you. There we go.

The Foreign Secretary isn't here?

Liz had other business.

Another photograph in a tank, maybe.

Um...Richard...
Um...this morning

I met with the Iranian
Deputy Foreign Minister.

The meeting went as well
as I could have hoped.

Pleased to hear that.
He understood completely

our disappointment that
despite serving her full sentence,

Nazanin remains captive.

So...what's changed?
What's happening next?

Well, we are making inroads.

We're making what I believe to be
real progress.

So the answer to the question
"What's changed?" is...

..nothing has changed.

It's as we were, so to speak.

We are making headway

towards the release of your wife
and other detainees.

Hostages.

Call them what they are.

Hostages.

I'm hearing that you called me
up here... No, it's OK, Dad.

You called me up here
on day 18 of my protest

to tell me you've met with
the Iranian Foreign Minister

and nothing happened.

We were heard and progress was made.

Despite your protest.

We are asking... I'm protesting

because you're doing nothing
about the debt,

nothing about hostage taking,

nothing about diplomatic protection!

You've established no red lines!

At this rate,
she will be put back into prison

and you'll still do nothing!

Richard, please, we...

We are merely asking
for your patience.

MUSIC ON SOUNDTRACK
DROWNS OUT SPEECH

Still feeling a little woozy? Mm.

I think it's time to call it a day.

21 days tomorrow.

You've done it, Rick.
People know her again.

They know her story.
They know about the debt.

If she goes back inside,
it could be for years.

I bought her three months at best.

OK.

This is the last night.
Tomorrow...we go home.

Thank you.

Thank you.

PHONE RINGS

Hello?

I have no choice.
I must see them today.

Look, if you don't call...

..I'll make contact with the embassy
in Tehran.

I can't go back to prison.
I can't do that. Nazanin...

SIGHS

Don't tell Gisou. No, no, not yet.

Let's just talk about
something else. Yes.

Yeah, of course. Um...

Where do you renew your passport?

Police station.

Oh...

Can it be true?

Shit...

I'm beginning to hope.

CAMERA CLICKS

Mm-hm.

PHONE BUZZES

Hello.

Don't go. Refuse to go.
I have to go.

Listen, it's clearly a lie. If there
was a problem with the photograph,

they would have told you
at the time.

Richard, I don't want to go,

but I know I have to go,
so I'm telling you where I'll be.

Call the embassy. Speak to the
embassy. Speak to the ambassador.

If it's real, they'll know about it.

You will wait for me?
Of course I'll wait for you.

We've been assured it's
further questions, nothing more.

EXHALES

EXHALES

We weren't sure
how much longer you'd be.

Can you give us a minute?

As the British ambassador,

I would like to inform you

they want me to sign a form.

A confession.

Look, it means nothing.
I'm not signing.

I've done nothing wrong.
I told them I'd speak to my lawyer.

They also said
I'm being swapped for money.

Shouldn't have mentioned money.
Why not?

It's always been about the debt.
Nazanin, I believe it

to be in your best interests
to go back and sign the form.

Please understand

that it has no legal standing
under British law.

It means nothing.

To you it means nothing.

Sign the form
and as early as tomorrow

you may receive notification
to go to the airport.

PHONE RINGS

Yes, hello? Richard,
it's the Foreign Office here.

Lead negotiator on Nazanin's case.

I'm calling from the British Embassy
in Tehran.

You were expecting my call? I was.

But not from...Tehran.

I'll be brief and to the point.

We are requesting that you are
now very careful with the media

and your comments in general,
please.

Things are extremely sensitive,
and we all need to tread carefully.

You'd like me to remain quiet?

Yes. We would.

For how long?

I can't put a timescale on things.

Just as I cannot emphasise enough
how delicate things are.

I understand. Completely.

OK. Thank you. Bye.

Excuse me, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe?

I am a representative
of the Omani Government.

I'm here to observe only.
Mr Anoosheh Ashoori is here also.

Thank you.

UNTRANSLATED

PHONE BUZZES

ENGINE STARTS

Nazanin.

May I call you Nazanin? Yes.

I'm the lead negotiator
from the Foreign Office.

They tell me
you are refusing to sign.

Of course I'm refusing to sign.
It's blank.

They could write anything they like.
It's a lie.

May I have a private moment,
please?

Thank you.

Nazanin, we are very close
to your release.

I don't trust them.
I am asking you to trust me.

The document...

It's... It's meaningless.
I've done nothing wrong.

I want them to understand that.
You'll be signing under duress.

If you do not sign,
I cannot guarantee your release.

You will not be boarding
the airplane

that's now sitting on the runway
waiting for you.

Your family are waiting for you.

PHONE BUZZES

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I missed you so much!

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