‘Groundless’ trial for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe postponed

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe whose husband, Richard has said that Iran’s alleged use of prisoners as “collateral” over a multi-million pound dispute with the UK is “completely outrageous (Family/PA)

A new trial faced by Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Iran has been postponed at short notice with no future date set.

The 42-year-old mother-of-one has been detained in Iran since 2016, when she was sentenced to five years in prison over allegations, which she denies, of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government.