The British Council says an Iranian employee who was accused of spying by Iran has been released from detention there and has returned to the UK.
Aras Amiri had been acquitted of all charges by Iran’s Supreme Court following an appeal, the cultural organisation said in a statement.
There was no immediate confirmation from the Iranian authorities.
Ms Amiri, who worked in the British Council’s London office, was arrested in 2018 while visiting her grandmother.
A spokesman for Iran’s judiciary announced in 2019 that an Iranian woman “in charge of the Iran desk at the British Council” had been convicted of spying by a Revolutionary Court and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Source:Fiilafmonline/BBC
