A British-Iranian woman held in an Iranian prison for five years on widely refuted spying charges ended her sentence on Sunday, her lawyer said, although it remains unclear when she can leave the country. “The situation of her leaving the country is not clear yet,” lawyer Hodjat Kermani told The Associated Press. Last fall, Iranian state TV abruptly announced a new indictment against Zaghari-Ratcliffe, but the trial was indefinitely adjourned. The twists and turns of Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s detention have played out against a decades-old debt dispute between Britain and Iran. Authorities in London and Tehran deny that Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s case is linked to the repayment deal.

Source: Indian Express March 07, 2021 14:23 UTC