Released: Aras Amiri British Council Husband, Why Was She Jailed In Iran?

The British Council has announced that Aras Amiri has been released from detention and returned to the UK. Find out why she was jailed in Iran in 2018 and more about the incident in this article.

Aras Amiri worked in the British Council’s London office when she was detained in Tehran while visiting her relatives. In 2019, she was convicted of spying by a Revolutionary Court and sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Apparently, she was allegedly accused of using her contacts with arts and theatre groups to infiltrate and influence people in Iran at a cultural level. However, she was sentenced after she refused to become an informant for the Intelligence Service in Iran.

The British Council shared Amiri was recently released from detention in Evin prison and returned to the UK.

Released: Why was Aras Amiri Jailed In Iran? Meet British Council Employee

Aras Amiri has been released from detention in Evin prison and has returned to the UK. She was accused of spying by Iran in 2018 while she was visiting Tehran. 

Amiri worked for the British Council as an artistic officer and worked in the arts program supporting a greater understanding and appreciation of Iranian culture in the UK. While she was visiting her relatives in 2018, she was detained in Tehran. 

In May 2019, she was sentenced to 10 years on spying charges because she refused to become an informant for IIS( Iran’s Intelligence Service). Three months after she was sentenced, she lost an appeal.

Many British-Iranian nationals have been jailed in Iran since tensions grew with Western forces. One of the persons who were arrested on similar charges was Thomson Reuters Foundation worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

Who Is Aras Amiri Husband? Is She Married?

Aras Amiri’s husband’s details are currently unknown.

The Iranian British Council team member’s partner details are not available on the web as of yet. Maybe her personal details are protected for some privacy reasons.

More information about her partner and family is yet to be released. We hope to update more information as soon as possible.

 

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