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British-Iranian aid worker released from house arrest in Iran, faces new trial

Following the completion of her five-year prison sentence, Iranian authorities have charged Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with "spreading propaganda."
LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 28: The husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Richard Ratcliffe, poses for a picture as he continues his hunger strike outside the  Iranian Embassy on June 28, 2019 in London, England. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British citizen continues her detention in Iran where she has been for three years, on charges of plotting against the Iranian government.  (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

British-Iraninan charity worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is free from house arrest in Iran but must return to court to face a new charge, her lawyer said on Sunday.

“She was pardoned by Iran’s supreme leader last year, but spent the last year of her term under house arrest with electronic shackles on her feet. Now they’re cast off,” her lawyer Hojjat Kermani told Iranian website Emtedad News, according to Reuters. “She has been freed.”

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