The husband of the British-Iranian dual national facing new charges a week after finishing a five-year sentence said Sunday that his wife was …
The husband of the British-Iranian dual national facing new charges a week after finishing a five-year sentence said Sunday that his wife was a „political bargaining chip“ who would be convicted again. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe appeared before a Tehran court Sunday to face new charges of „propaganda against the system“, just days after having her tag removed after serving a five-year sentence. Husband Richard Ratcliffe told AFP that he expected her to receive „the maximum sentence“ when the ruling is handed down in seven working days. „I’ve never seen an acquittal from a revolutionary court,“ he said. But he hoped that the time she has already served would be taken into account, and that any remaining time could be served under house arrest at her parent’s house in Tehran rather than in prison. „We could get a one-year sentence or two-year sentence or whatever,“ he explained, adding that he believed the term depended largely on negotiations between the British and Iranian governments. „If she got put back in prison, regardless of the time, that’s a really bad sign,“ he said.
