Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman detained in Tehran since 2016, faces 'new indictment' after being summoned by an Iranian Revolutionary Court – state media
Iranian-British Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is seen in an undated photograph handed out by her family, September 8, 2020. is facing a new charge.
The report did not elaborate beyond saying that Zaghari-Ratcliffe appeared on Tuesday morning before a branch of the country’s Revolutionary Court in Tehran, where she was first sentenced to prison on murky espionage charges in 2017.The new indictment comes as Britain and Iran negotiate the release of some $530 million held by London, a payment the late Iranian Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi made for Chieftain tanks that were never delivered.
Zaghari-Ratcliffe's case has stirred tensions between Iran and Britain, where on Tuesday her local London lawmaker, Tulip Siddiq, tweeted confirmation that Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been taken to court and would face another trial on Sunday.
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