UK dual national Morad Tahbaz returned to prison in Iran, says lawyer

Morad Tahbaz left prison in Iran on furlough last week, but was apparently returned just two days later (PA)

A dual British-US national temporarily released from prison in Iran last week as part of a deal between Tehran and the UK was taken back into custody just two days later, his lawyer has said.

Iranian prison officials let 66-year-old environmentalist Morad Tahbaz leave jail on a furlough last Wednesday, the same day as two high-profile British citizens who had been detained in Iran for more than five years were freed and flown home to Britain.