A British mom being held in Iran has had her five-year jail sentence confirmed immediately - regardless of her husband launching a marketing campaign to convey her residence.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 38, was arrested at Tehran Airport in Iran on April three whereas attempting to depart the nation along with her toddler daughter, Gabriella.
She was initially put behind bars for an alleged plot to topple the federal government within the capital Tehran.
However her husband Richard Ratcliffe claimed she was getting used as a 'bargaining chip' between Britain and Iran.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (pictured) was arrested at Tehran Airport in Iran on April three final 12 months
Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, from Hampstead, north west London, was sentenced to 5 years in jail in September after a conviction on unspecified 'nationwide security-related' offences following a trial earlier than a revolutionary court docket in Tehran.
Nevertheless, Mr Ratcliffe mentioned Iran claimed his spouse was a 'spy' and he or she stays within the nation with household after authorities seized her passport.
He mentioned his household has been 'caught up' in a disagreement between the 2 international locations, claiming the UK owes about £500 million for a tank deal 40 years in the past.
And based on Iranian information company, Mizanonline.ir, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe - who has twin Iranian and British citizenship - had her sentence finalised immediately.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (proper subsequent to her husband Richard), from Hampstead, north-west London, was initially arrested at Tehran Airport in Iran on April three alongside along with her then 22-month-old daughter Gabriella (left)
The report, which is affiliated with the nation's judiciary, quoted Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi as saying the sentence on safety costs towards Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been accomplished. He didn't elaborate.
Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe works for the Thomson Reuters Basis, the information company's charitable arm.
Iran doesn't acknowledge twin nationalities, and people detained can't obtain consular help.
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