British-Iranian jailed for spying in Iran
A British-Iranian person has been jailed for six years on spying charges, according to reports in Iran.
The country's official news agency, Mizan, quoted Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi announcing the sentence but he gave no further details.
The report said that the prosecutor had "referred to a six-year prison sentence for an agent of England's intelligence service".
It also quoted him as saying the same British-Iranian citizen was under investigation in a separate case related to a private bank.
The person jailed was not identified and there is no known case of a British-Iranian national being jailed for six years.
The Foreign Office said only that it was "currently investigating the reported sentencing".
It comes almost two years after Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian woman, was arrested.
She was accused of planning the "soft toppling" of Iran's government while travelling with her young daughter, and her husband Richard has been campaigning for her release ever since.
Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe served a third of her sentence by January 2018, making her eligible for release.
She remains in Iranian custody, however.
Kamal Foroughi, a 78-year-old British-Iranian businessman, was arrested seven years ago and convicted of espionage and possessing alcohol charges.
His family has denied the charges on his behalf.
Iran does not recognise dual citizenship, which means foreign embassies have extremely limited access to their citizens.
