World News Iran denies that British-Iranian aid worker can be released in a swap Iranian-British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is seen with her husband Richard Ratcliffe and her daughter Gabriella in an undated photograph handed out by her family. Ratcliffe Family Handout via REUTERS LONDON (Reuters) – The head of the justice department in Tehran denied on Friday reports in Western media that British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been sentenced to five years in jail in Iran, might be released in a swap deal. “Besides serving her current sentence, she has also another ongoing case against her in court,” Gholamhossein Esmaili was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency. Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was sentenced after being convicted by an Iranian court of plotting to overthrow the clerical establishment. She denies the charges. Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-iran-nazanin/iran-denies-that-british-iranian-aid-worker-can-be-released-in-a-swap-deal-tasnim-idUSKBN1EG0S9 18 recommended0 commentsShareShareTweetSharePin it