A British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran is to send her daughter home to the UK to start school, she has said in an open letter. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was jailed for five years in 2016 after being convicted of spying, which she denies. Her family insist she was in Iran to introduce her daughter to relatives.

Five-year-old Gabriella – who has been living with her grandparents in Tehran – has visited her mother at least once a week since her arrest. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab described the letter as “heart-breaking” and said Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s detainment was “unjustifiable and unacceptable”.

Her daughter will be back in London before Christmas, according to the Times. Speaking to the BBC, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband, Richard Ratcliffe, confirmed that the couple have decided to bring Gabriella back to the UK to start school. He added that his wife is hoping for a last minute release to enable her to come home with Gabriella. “I don’t think she’s expecting it though,” he said.

Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s family told the Times they had agreed Gabriella should return to the UK for the start of the school year in September but postponed the decision after Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was taken to a psychiatric hospital.(BBC)…[+]