Khalife could have 'endangered Zaghari-Ratcliffe'

A erstwhile British service worker could person endangered the beingness of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe by sending a fake quality papers to Iran, a tribunal has heard.

Daniel Khalife, 23, is accused of sending a papers to Iranian agents titled "Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe quality options" which helium created successful 2021.

Jurors astatine Woolwich Crown Court heard the fake papers said the British authorities was not consenting to negociate implicit her merchandise aft she was detained successful Iran for six years.

Mr Khalife has pleaded blameworthy to escaping from Wandsworth Prison past September, but is connected proceedings connected 3 different charges which helium denies.

These see collecting and communicating accusation utile to an enemy, namely Iran; collecting the names of Special Forces soldiers that would beryllium utile for coercion and perpetrating a weaponry hoax astatine his service barracks.

Mr Khalife’s proceedings began past month, and helium has been giving grounds for 4 days.

On Tuesday jurors heard Mr Khalife's fake papers read: "There volition beryllium nary advances successful the country of returning Nazanin to the UK without further procurement of the indebtedness owed to the Islamic Republic.

"The UK volition not beryllium seen to wage ransoms to hostile nations ... terrorists person agelong utilized kidnap for ransom."

In 2016 Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 46, was arrested by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard astatine Imam Khomeini airdrome successful Tehran aft a vacation visit, wherever she had taken her girl Gabriella to spot her parents.

She was sentenced to 5 years successful situation implicit allegations, which she denies, of plotting to overthrow the Tehran government.

Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe was freed successful 2022 aft ministers agreed to settee a £400m indebtedness dating backmost to the 1970s.

Prosecutors said Mr Khalife acted recklessly successful sending the papers - which referenced an evident gathering betwixt past Foreign Office curate James Cleverly and Iranian lawman overseas curate Ali Bagheri Kani.

It could person caused "consequences" for Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the tribunal heard.

Prosecutor Mark Heywood KC said: "Do you recognize that contemplating sending, oregon sending this papers similar you told police, could endanger British citizens?"

Mr Khalife said helium did not retrieve the papers successful question.

In a transcript of a constabulary interrogation antecedently work to the jury, Mr Khalife said helium produced "fake documents" to assistance person the Iranians to spot him.

When constabulary arrested him and searched his country astatine Ministry of Defence Stafford successful January 2022, they recovered a fig of "completely fake" documents successful integer and insubstantial signifier purporting to beryllium from MPs, elder subject officials and the information services, the tribunal heard.

Prosecutors said Mr Khalife made definite determination was nary grounds of what papers was sent.

The proceedings continues.