Two New Zealand tourists who were imprisoned in the country for months by the hostage-taking regime of the Islamic Republic

Ardern said that the detention of the pair had not softened New Zealand’s criticism of the regime and security forces’ violence against protesters. “It did not. Of course, we have shared our condemnation. At the same time, we have had also a duty of care to try and ensure that those New Zealanders were able to exit ,” she said. “We’ve worked very hard to do both.”

October 26, 2022 | 8:09 pm