Released British-Iranian man returned to Tehran prison

LONDON, 19 March 2022, (TON): A man who was released from Iran’s Evin prison as part of a deal made between London and Tehran has been returned to prison just days after being released.

Joint British, US and Iranian citizen Morad Tahbaz was sentenced to 10 years behind bars in 2019 after being arrested while on a conservation trip to Iran.

He was accused of spying for the US government.

His family said “he was released from jail and put under house arrest, but has been returned to Evin prison.”

According to the UK Foreign Office, the Iranians have said that Tahbaz is only having an ankle tag installed and will be released home shortly.

It said that anything other than a return home in the coming hours would be considered a breach of the commitments made by the Iranians, and that it was working with the Americans to secure his release, The Guardian reported.

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