IFP - British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has thanked Iran for granting a three-day furlough to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a dual national jailed in Iran on charge of covert propaganda efforts against the Islamic Republic.

Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Hunt said, �It is extremely positive and we want to thank the Iranian authorities for what they�re doing, whilst not forgetting that she should not be imprisoned in the first place.�

Hunt described Nazanin as �innocent� and claimed that her imprisonment in Iran is an instance of �gross injustice�.

�So we call on the Iranian authorities to capitalize on the goodwill from today�s announcement by going the whole way and releasing Nazanin and allowing her to go back to her family and come back to the UK, which is where her home is,� Daily Mail quoted him as saying.

Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was locked up in Tehran in April 2016 before leaving the country, was temporarily released from prison on Thursday.