A British woman detained in Iran has had her ankle tag removed but faces a further court date.

Amid reports in Iran that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been “freed” after her five-year sentence ended today, Tulip Siddiq MP said she had been in touch with her family.

“Thankfully her ankle tag has been removed,” Ms Siddiq tweeted.

“Her first trip will be to see her grandmother. Less positive – she has been summoned once again to court next Sunday.”

Her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, told Sky News that today’s development was “more mixed”.

He confirmed that the ankle tag had come off but that his wife has a court date next Sunday for the second case.

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab tweeted: “We welcome the removal of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s ankle tag, but Iran’s continued treatment of her is intolerable.

“She must be allowed to return to the UK as soon as possible to be reunited with her family.”

Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested at Tehran airport while taking her infant daughter to see her parents in April 2016.

We welcome the removal of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s ankle tag, but Iran’s continued treatment of her is intolerable. She must be allowed to return to the UK as soon as possible to be reunited with her family

The 42-year-old was later jailed over allegations of plotting to overthrow Iran‘s government – which she denies.

Her lawyer, Hojjat Kermani, was quoted on Iranian website Emtedad as saying: “She was pardoned by Iran’s Supreme Leader last year, but spent the last year of her term under house arrest with electronic shackles tied to her feet. Now they’re cast off.

“She has been freed.”

It comes after her husband told Sky News on Saturday that the family were urgently seeking clarity on whether the scheduled end of her sentence would mean she could finally return to the UK.

Richard Ratcliffe said their daughter, Gabriella, had been using a calendar to count the days to when her mother would hopefully be released.

A dual Iran-UK citizen, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was allowed to live at her parents’ home last March due to the coronavirus threat in prison.

She was under house arrest and has been wearing a tracker tag that limited her to 300m from their Tehran home.

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