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Iran sentences British-Iranian aid worker to another year in jail

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe had just competed her five-year sentence when she was summoned to court on a new propaganda charge.
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Iran has sentenced British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to another year in jail, a decision that drew quick condemnation from British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. 

"Iran's decision to sentence Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to another year in prison is cruel, inhumane and wholly unjustified," Johnson tweeted on Monday. “She must be allowed to return to her family in the UK and we will continue to do all we can to get her home.”

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