LONDON: The husband of a British-Iranian woman detained in Iran has called on the new British foreign secretary to ensure his wife鈥檚 return is a 鈥渢op priority.鈥�
Richard Ratcliffe told the BBC鈥檚 The Andrew Marr Show that he has given the names of 10 people he accuses of being involved with 鈥渉ostage-taking鈥� in Iran to Liz Truss ahead of a phone call with her on Sunday. 
鈥淲e鈥檝e put in front of the new foreign secretary a file of names, those who are involved in Iran鈥檚 hostage-taking across the chain, so those involved in taking people, processing them, giving them judges, those who are involved in treating them badly in prison,鈥� Ratcliffe said. 
鈥淚鈥檝e got a phone call with the foreign secretary today, to be speaking to her two days into the job is a positive sign for sure.
鈥淧artly I just want to hear that this is a top priority and that Nazanin and the others who are being held as bargaining chips will be brought home,鈥� he added.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been in custody in Iran since 2016 after being accused of plotting to overthrow the government.
Iranian media has linked her detention to the UK鈥檚 failure to pay an outstanding 拢400 million debt to Iran.
鈥淭his coming week she (Liz Truss) should be meeting with the new Iranian foreign minister in New York when they鈥檙e over for the UN event, so hopefully there will be a positive conversation,鈥� Ratcliffe said.
鈥淩ight now I think enough needs to be enough, and it needs to be signaled really clearly to Iran that you can鈥檛 use innocent people in this way.
鈥淚鈥檇 really like them to be firm, to be brave and make some clear steps,鈥� he added.
Ratcliffe has been campaigning tirelessly to have his wife released from prison and urged former foreign secretary Dominic Raab to take a firmer stand against Iran over the issue.
鈥淥ne of the key problems I feel these past years is there鈥檚 been no cost for the Iranian side to carry on holding Nazanin, to carry on holding others, and so we鈥檝e seen that now there are more British citizens in prison than there were when Nazanin was first taken,鈥� he said.