A new trial in Iran to present fresh charges against a British-Iranian woman who has been held in the country since being detained in 2016 while visiting her family was postponed at the last minute on Sunday, her husband said. The woman, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 41, was already sentenced to five years in prison after being accused of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government — charges that she, her family and international rights groups have long denied. According to Iranian state television, she and her lawyer were told on Tuesday that she was facing a “new indictment,” but no details of the charges were released. Ms. Zaghari-Ratcliffe contacted the prosecutor’s office and her lawyer on Sunday morning when the official car expected to take her to court did not arrive, the Guardian reported. Her lawyer then told her that the case would not be heard on Sunday, although the new charges against her are not thought to have been dropped.

Source: International New York Times September 13, 2020 11:37 UTC