Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband says her release “feels quite close” as he waits to find out if she is among 3,000 prisoners granted clemency.

The British-Iranian mother was jailed in 2016 on spying charges, which she has always denied.

She was temporarily released from Tehran’s notorious Evin prison in March as 85,000 inmates in Iran were allowed out as part of attempts to stop the spread of COVID-19 in the country.

She has been wearing an ankle tag and had to remain within 300m (984ft) of her parent’s Tehran home as she waited for a clemency decision.

But her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, told Sky News he was “hopeful” she was among 3,000 prisoners Iran’s supreme leader has announced will be granted clemency.

“It feels like we’re quite close,” he said.

“It feels like things could still go wrong. We’ve had a number of times where we’ve been down to the prosecutor’s office and been told to come back in a week’s time so that might be happening again.”

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