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| Jailed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe 'eligible for early release' | Jailed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe 'eligible for early release' |
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| British-Iranian mum Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been held in Iran for 18 months, has been told she is eligible for early release, her husband has said. | British-Iranian mum Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been held in Iran for 18 months, has been told she is eligible for early release, her husband has said. |
| Richard Ratcliffe told BBC Radio 5 Live that an Iranian judiciary database had listed her as "eligible for release". | Richard Ratcliffe told BBC Radio 5 Live that an Iranian judiciary database had listed her as "eligible for release". |
| He said her lawyer was "hopeful" when he visited her in prison on Wednesday. | |
| Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in Iran since April 2016 after being accused of spying - charges she denies. | Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in Iran since April 2016 after being accused of spying - charges she denies. |
| 'Clearly hopeful' | |
| Mr Ratcliffe said his wife's case had previously been marked as "closed", so the status change was "great news". | |
| "Part of me is trying not to get too hopeful and just to keep calm just in case there is more to come," he said. | |
| "But he (her lawyer) was clearly hopeful. He told her that it's a matter of finalising paperwork and it might be days to weeks rather than tomorrow morning. | |
| "But definitely it feels like the end is much closer in sight." | |
| Hampstead and Kilburn MP Tulip Siddiq said the news had given the family a "glimmer of light". |