Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe under consideration for clemency

<div><p>British-Iranian dual national has had her temporary release from prison extended because of the coronavirus outbreak</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/series/coronavirus-live/latest">Coronavirus – latest updates</a></li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/coronavirus-outbreak">See all our coronavirus coverage</a></li></ul><p>Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian dual national on temporary release from a five-year jail sentence, is for the first time under formal consideration for clemency, her family has been told. A decision will be made by the highest level of Iran’s multi-layered government. There is no guarantee that clemency will be granted, or that she will be allowed to return to the UK.</p><p>Zaghari-Ratcliffe, seen by some as a bargaining chip in the wider diplomatic dispute between the UK and Iran, was given a temporary fortnight’s release from Evin prison, Tehran, on 17 March along with<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/19/iran-to-pardon-10000-including-security-prisoners"> 85,000 other prisoners at risk from the coronavirus outbreak.</a> She has been allowed to stay at her parents’ house in Tehran but made to wear an ankle brace that keeps her within 300 metres of her parents’ home.</p><p> <span>Related: </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/21/end-us-sanctions-iran-fight-coronavirus-pandemic">End US sanctions against Iran so that we can fight coronavirus with all our might | Azadeh Moaveni and Sussan Tahmasebi</a> </p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/mar/29/nazanin-zaghari-ratcliffe-under-consideration-for-clemency">Continue reading...</a></div>