MNA � Tehran's prosecutor-general Abbas Jafari has said that Nazanin Zaghari has been sentenced in Iran, calling on Britain not to interfere in Iran�s internal affairs.



Speaking to Mehr correspondent on Saturday, Tehran's prosecutor-general Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said �Nazanin Zaghari has been sentenced in Iran, and the British government must not interfere in Iran�s internal affairs [over the case].�

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe�is a British-Iranian dual citizen who has been sentenced and detained in Iran since 3 April 2016 on espionage charges. She was arrested by Iran�s intelligence forces at the Imam Khomeini International Airport�as she was leaving Tehran for London. She was subsequently tried in an Iranian court and sentenced to five years in prison.

Iran foreign ministry spokesman recently�criticized the UK government's move in granting diplomatic protection as�'lacking goodwill'�and that it would fail to contribute to the settlement of the issue.

The Tehran's prosecutor-general further referred to financial corruption cases under investigation in Iran, saying that the fight against corruption will vigorously continue.