Iranian ambassador summoned to Foreign Office and told to end prisoner’s arbitrary detention

The Iranian ambassador has been told of the UK’s “grave concern” at the decision to bring fresh court proceedings against Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe after the diplomat was summoned to the Foreign Office.

The family of the 42-year-old British-Iranian woman say she was told to attend court in Iran, where she is currently under house arrest, on Monday and to prepare to return to prison following the hearing.

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