An imprisoned British-Iranian woman who had been led to believe that she would be eligible for early release in late May is still being held in Tehran's notorious Evin prison, her husband told RFE/RL.
Nasrin Roshan, 60, was arrested in November 2023 at Imam Khomeini International Airport as she was leaving the country after visiting her sick aunt.
Arash Asiabi, Roshan's husband, said she was detained for attending a ceremony in Egypt to commemorate Iran's late shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, and for taking part in demonstrations against the Islamic republic abroad.
Roshan was ultimately convicted of "assembly and collusion against the establishment" and "propaganda" against the Islamic republic. She was initially sentenced to more than four years in prison, which was later reduced to three years.
Roshan was detained at the airport along with a 20-year-old relative, Sara Tabrizi. Tabrizi was eventually freed but soon after she mysteriously died at home in March.
Asiabi said Roshan was summoned by a judge shortly after Tabrizi's death and told that her sentence had been reduced to 13 months. He said the family was advised against publicizing her arrest to avoid antagonizing the authorities.
But when her lawyer sought to apply for her early release in May after she had spent six months in prison, the authorities denied that her sentence had been reduced.
"We realized last week that they had duped us," Asiabi said. "When her lawyer met with the prosecutor, they said it was an administrative error."
Roshan has had depression for years and is currently in a "terrible" state worsened by being away from her child, Asiabi said.
He added that she was recently diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse -- a heart condition.
Asiabi said he was now trying to get the British government involved in his wife's case.