Iranian authorities give jailed British aid worker December court date

Iran informed jailed Iranian-British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on Thursday that she would be appearing in front of a court in December to face accusations of spreading propaganda.

"She's been told she will appear in court on 10 December," her husband, Richard, told Reuters.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a project manager working for the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was previously sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted by an Iranian court of conspiring to overthrow the clerical establishment.

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson had made comments earlier in the month that seemed to question statements made by her employer regarding the purpose of her trip to Iran.

The Thomson Reuters Foundation, a charity organization, said Zaghari-Ratcliffe was on holiday at the time of her detainment.

Johnson said he had been led to believe she had been teaching journalism before having been arrested in April 2016, although he later retracted and apologized for his remarks when the Thomson Reuters Foundation stated she had not been sent to Iran to train journalists.

Iranian state television claimed Johnson's comments proved Zaghari-Ratcliffe's guilt and that she was indeed a spy.

She has denied all charges against her.