Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe 'being considered for clemency' in Iran

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, British-Iranian dual national has been on temporary release from her five year prison term in Iran and for first time, would be under formal consideration of clemency. Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in April 2016 on spying charges which she has always denied.

According to reports, potential offer of clemency will be recommended to Iranian prosecutor general’s office. Speaking to international media, her husband Richard Rcliff explained that deputy prosecutor could eir approve clemency or refer file back to supreme leer’s office with a recommendation that she t be granted clemency, or it could just sit on his desk for a bit. He ded that, following which, supreme leer could eir refuse a recommendation t to grant clemency or could follow it and specify that Nazanin t be granted.

But default in process following supreme leer’s proclamation last week is that law requires eligible people to be granted clemency. He also said that it was a good sign that her file was put forward and that she was being treated like everybody else. Since her sentencing her September her term is to end in 10 months however, Iranian rev guards have threatened her to put on new charges and extended her term.

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41-year-old was amongst 85,000 prisoners, serving a prison term for less than five years, who h been released from prison on March 17 due to coronavirus outbreak. mor of a British born Gabrielle Ratcliffe has been out of prison, for w, however, she is required to wear an ankle tag and remain within 300 metres of her parents’ home in Tehran where she is currently staying.

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Iran releases 1 lakh prisoners 

Iran, on March 29 temporarily freed nearly 1,0000 inmates from prisons in a bid to curb spre of dely coronavirus, international media reported citing judiciary spokesman, Gholamhossein Esmaili. pandemic has till w infected 38,309 and killed 2,640 people across Shiite nation. 

Speaking in a televised dress about prisoners, Esmaili revealed, "As of w, around 100,000 have been released." This comes as country’s president Hassan Rouhani recently ordered officials to extend temporary leave of prisoners to April 20. recent release would raise number of free to more than double of 54,000 released early this month.

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