Although a judgement has not yet been passed on this morning’s hearing, Zhagari-Ratcliffe’s family fear the case could be used to block her return to the UK because the Iranian government wants to keep her for diplomatic leverage.

According to a Downing Street spokesman, in a phone call with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani earlier this week, said Prime Minister Boris Johnson demanded Zhagari-Ratcliffe’s “immediate release,” calling her confinement “completely unacceptable”.

Johnson and foreign secretary Dominic Raab are yet to respond to this morning’s developments.

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Nazanin Zhagari-Ratcliffe has appeared in court in Iran to face fresh charges – here’s what we know right now