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Iranian court upholds London mother's five year prison sentence Iranian court upholds London mother's five year prison sentence
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An Iranian court has upheld the five-year prison sentence of a woman with dual British-Iranian citizenship, Iranian media has said.An Iranian court has upheld the five-year prison sentence of a woman with dual British-Iranian citizenship, Iranian media has said.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was sentenced on security charges by Tehran prosecutors in September last year.  A news outlet affiliated with the country's judiciary reported on Sunday that the original sentencing had been upheld by an appeals court. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was sentenced on national security charges by Tehran prosecutors in September last year, although the precise reasons for her arrest have not been made public.
Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe works for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the news agency's charitable arm. A news outlet affiliated with the country's judiciary reported on Sunday that her original sentence had been upheld by an appeals court.
She was first detained in April 2016 while trying to leave the country with her toddler daughter, Gabriella. Ms Zaghari-Radcliffe is being held at Tehran's notorious Evin prison, where many political prisoners have reported being subject to torture and other cruel and degrading treatment. 
In November her husband, Richard Radcliffe, said that his wife was "at breaking point" and on a hunger strike to protest her incarceration. 
Before her arrest Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe worked in London as a project manager for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the news agency's charitable arm.
She was first detained in April 2016 while trying to leave the country after a family visit with her then 22-month-old daughter, Gabriella. Gabriella's passport was also seized, and the toddler remains with her maternal grandparents in Iran.
Iran's legal system does not recognise dual nationality and those detained cannot recieve consualar assistance. 
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