The 27-year-old Kildare resident, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his former wife and their child, initially received a five-year prison sentence with the final 20 months suspended and was due to be released on Friday

Irish/French national Bernard Phelan had been held in prison in north-east Iran alongside Benjamin Briere

The Judge said that the court would "not enable somebody found to be in contempt of court to garner some advantage from that defiance"

Mr Burke described the offer by Mr Justice Conor Dignam as "an insult to justice," and suggested he may not participate in any way with the proposed hearing