Prisoner of conscience Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, detained on baseless charges in Iran since April 2016, may be facing new criminal charges which could extend her prison sentence to 16 years.
Ms. Zaghari was called to the Evin Prosecutor’s court
on Sunday, October 8, 2017, and informed that the Revolutionary Guards Corps has accused her of three new charges, including membership in organizations that seek the soft overthrow of the Iranian regime, receiving money from Reuters and BBC, and participating in demonstrations in front of the Iranian Embassy in London.
Responding to the news, Amnesty International UK’s Campaigns Director, Kerry Moscogiuri, said, “Coming against a backdrop of last year’s blatantly unfair trial and sentence, this is very depressing news and a really worrying development.
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