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THE family of British-Iranian Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe held in Tehran said that they are on the “cusp of potentially good news” today as they await a decision on clemency.
Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe was freed from jail on March 17 as part of the Iranian response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The mother-of-one’s temporary release was further extended last week pending a decision on whether to pardon her.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain, her husband Richard Ratcliffe said she could possibly hear that decision today.
He said: “When I met the Prime Minister in January, he was clear that he wanted to do everything he could, but after four years part of me doesn’t trust it will happen.”
Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini airport while taking her daughter to see her parents in April 2016.
She was sentenced to five years in prison, accused of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government, which she denied.
The British government later afforded her diplomatic protection, arguing that she is innocent and that Iran had failed to meet obligations under international humanitarian law.
