Article 5F1H8 Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe freed but may face new charges

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe freed but may face new charges

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Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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British-Iranian woman's five-year sentence in Iran is complete, but her lawyer says she will have to go to court to face new charges

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been released from house arrest in Iran on the completion of her five-year sentence, but the British-Iranian dual national will have to go to court to face a second set of charges on 14 March, according to her lawyer.

The second set of charges, long threatened by the Iranians, include involvement in propaganda activity against the Islamic Republic by attending a demonstration outside the Iranian embassy in London in 2009 and speaking to BBC Persian.

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