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Husband of Jailed UK-Iranian Woman Says Temporary Release Extended in Tehran

RFE/RL

   The husband of the jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin
   Zaghari-Ratcliffe says his wife has had her temporary release extended
   for another two weeks by the Iranian government.

   "Nazanin's father got told today that it has been extended until
   Saturday, April 18, an extra two weeks," husband Richard Ratcliffe told
   AFP in an e-mail on March 28.

   He added that the news had brought "a lot of relief in our house."

   Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 41, currently on leave from Evin Prison at
   her parents' house in the Iranian capital, had been due to return to
   custody on April 4.

   Her husband had previously said she was required to wear an ankle
   bracelet and to remain within 300 meters of her parents' home.

   Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained in Iran since April 2016. In
   September 2016, she was sentenced to 5 years in prison for allegedly
   "plotting to topple the Iranian government." She denied the charges, as
   did her employer and the British government.

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