Husband fears Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe will be detained until UK-Tehran debt resolved

Britain is thought to owe Iran as much as £400 million over the non-delivery of tanks in 1979

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her daughter Gabriella (The Free Nazanin campaign)

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s fresh jail term is a signal that Iran will detain her until the UK resolves a long-running debt dispute with Tehran, her husband has said.

Richard Ratcliffe said on Monday he fears his wife is facing an “open-ended detention” after she was sentenced to an additional year’s imprisonment and a further year-long ban on leaving Iran.