Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe tells ITV News’ Ronke Phillips she is talking with David Lammy about the potential for the UK to create a hostage envoy similar to the US', so that people are more protected by their government when involved in hostage situations. Report by Blairm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00From my point of view, I was stuck in a battle that had nothing to do with me.
00:04So I was in prison for a political dispute that had kind of predates my birth.
00:10And the fact that hostage diplomacy is growing and is increasing, and this should not happen.
00:16So we have been having different discussions to talk about the creation of hostage envoy,
00:20the way the Americans have that, but also to establish the right to consular protection,
00:27which we discussed with David Lammy, and the fact that the government has got obligation to look after its citizens.
00:32So we are hoping that we can work on that level more.