Fulham came from two goals down to beat Reading at Craven Cottage.

Lucas Piazon gave the visitors an early lead from close range and Orlando Sa doubled the lead soon after half-time.
But Fulham replied with three goals in six minutes as first Ross McCormack showed great skill to volley home.
Moussa Dembele levelled five minutes later, Alexander Kacaniklic completed the turnaround as he finished Dembele's pass before the Frenchman got the fourth midway through the second half.
The victory was Fulham's first win in five games as they moved into the top half of the Championship.
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Reading dominated the first half and took an early lead when Piazon ended a fine move from the Royals. Sa found Matej Vydra, and the on-loan Watford striker threaded a perfect ball into the Brazilian, who finished from five yards for just his second goal in English football.
Nick Blackman, Piazon and Sa all had good chances as Fulham failed to have a shot on target in the first half.
But the game was set alight in seven second-half minutes, with Kit Symons' side turning their fortunes around to get their first home win in a month.
First Sa dispossessed Tom Cairney and brilliantly rolled the ball in off the far post from a tight angle on the right to double the Royals' lead and send them marching towards a fifth win in six league games.
But the home side were sparked into life by record signing McCormack, who flicked the ball up and volleyed past Ali Al-Habsi two minutes later.
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Fulham had to wait five minutes for their equaliser, when Dembele finished from close range after Lasse Vigen Christensen's cross from six yards out, and the French forward helped make it 3-2 just 51 seconds later by providing a lovely through ball for Kacaniklic to slot home.
The victory was completed when Paul McShane's mistake was pounced on by McCormack and his back-heeled pass was tucked away by Dembele to end Reading's five-game unbeaten run in the Championship.
Fulham manager Kit Symons:
"We needed to get a win and we did. I'm a Championship manager and if you win you're all right and if you lose you get booed and your job is under threat. That's how the industry is. It's a really difficult job and that's the nature of it. I'm under no illusions.
"The club are in talks with [Moussa Dembele]. We'd like him to sign a new deal. The reality of it is he is at a football club where he will develop.
"He's far from the finished article - he needs to keep working hard and he knows that."
Reading manager Steve Clarke:
"I was disappointed with the way we conceded the first goal. When you go 2-0 in front you should go on to win the game. We conceded three goals in six minutes and the whole complexion of the game changed in those six minutes.
"I didn't say anything to the players because after a game like that sometimes it's better to say nothing and reflect calmly on the game when you have a better frame of mind.
"You hope it's a one-off. I'd like to think it is if you look at our defensive record. It was rock solid before this so hopefully this is an isolation and we come back into good habits."


Sam Smith took home four Grammys Awards on Sunday, beating stars such as Taylor Swift and Meghan Trainor to the prizes.

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His debut album was only released 9 months ago but Sam has taken the world by storm with number one albums and countless awards.
But how did his journey to the top begin?
Jenny has been doing some digging and even spoke to kids at Sam's old primary school.


Films that have not been released in cinemas could be considered for a Bafta awards for the first time next year.

Publishing its rules for the 2017 awards, Bafta said "films should have been screened to the widest possible public paying UK audience".
However, those released digitally only could be in the running "in exceptional circumstances".
The Bafta Film Awards will take place on 12 February, with nominations announced on 10 January.
The guidelines state that films that had not received a UK release, which could include video-on-demand films, would only be considered "at the committee's discretion".
Bafta's head of film Jim Bradshaw told Variety the film committee wanted "the primary distribution route to remain to be through cinemas" and that they would be "biased towards that".
But he added: "We have to respond to the reality that - particularly for independent films and the non-British independent films coming into the UK - theatrical release is less common and digital distribution is becoming more and more the norm."
Eligible films for the 2017 Baftas should have been released for at least a week on at least 10 screens in the UK - with more relaxed rules for documentaries, non-English language films and debut features.
All films up for contention must have a running time of 70 minutes or longer, and cannot be filmed versions of live performances or have previously been entered for the awards.
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It was a truly historic agreement - after prolonged talks, Iran and Western powers signed a deal last July that warmed ties between the countries.

Six months later, on 16 January 2016, international sanctions on Iran have been lifted.
This means money to and from Iran will flow more easily, and that US companies, among others, will see increased opportunities for trade with Tehran.
Since the deal was announced, one subject has been getting quite a few Iranians talking on social media - is it now inevitable that one of the most American of brands will arrive in Iran?
Well, hang on - not so quick. The sanctions, in place since 2002, have only just been lifted, and the implications of the move are not yet clear.
Having said that, a simple search on Twitter of the Iranian term for McDonald's brings up plenty of posts since the deal was agreed last year.
Some of the tweets are full of anticipation, some full of despair, some full of sarcasm.
And not all Iranians are happy, as this protest from November shows:
There are also signs the chain might be eyeing up a potential Iranian franchise.
If you are interested in running a McDonald's franchise in Iran, you can apply to do so.
But its international website says: "We have not set a firm date for the development of McDonald's restaurants in Iran," adding that, in the future, they "may take steps to do so".
It says the same for all countries where it does not have a franchise. McDonald's did not respond to the BBC when asked if it was looking to open in Iran.
"To the rest of the world, McDonald's is a little slice of Americana," said John Stanton, a professor of food marketing at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia.
"When it opened in Moscow, people weren't going for hamburgers, it was for a piece of America. In the US, it is targeted for children. But in the rest of the world, it can represent a certain level of middle-class comfort.
"You are now being recognised as having made it."
Well...
Not quite.
There is a rogue chain of Mash Donald's restaurants in Iran - you will not be surprised to hear that this brand is not endorsed by its US counterpart.
Mash Donald's is not alone - there are plenty of other imitation restaurants in Iran, some more convincing than others.
Like this one:
In 2012, it was widely reported in Iran that KFC had opened its first official franchise in Iran, in the city of Karaj - but our colleagues with BBC Persian found out that it was unauthorised.
At the time the deal was announced, Yum! - the company that owns KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut - said it was not taking applications for any new franchises in the Middle East, but there is now a way to enquire about opening new franchises in the region.
It's not known whether the American-owned Mexican grill chain Chipotle plans to open in Iran.
But it, too, may want a word with its unauthorised imitator in Tehran:
It's what many import and export companies have been waiting for - and the lifting of sanctions bodes well for them.
Last year, the British-Iranian Chamber of Commerce said it had "already seen clients ramp up their marketing efforts in Iran over the last 12 months."
Now sanctions are lifted, expect easier access to Iranian pistachios, dates, saffron and herbs.
Among those who stand to benefit is Sally Butcher, the co-owner of Persepolis, an Iranian cafe and shop in south London.
"There have been difficulties as a small business, and the sanctions are not aimed at us," she said.
"It will be much, much easier now. We can have a much greater range of things we can bring in. It will have a slightly adverse effect as money will buy us a lot less in Iran.
"But it is the beginning of a new era."


Asians shares headed lower after the deadly attacks in Paris heightened risk aversion and data showed that Japan's economy was back in recession.

Terror attacks by gunmen and bombers killed 129 people in the French capital on Friday and led investors to dump risky assets in favour of haven currencies such as the Japanese yen.
The euro fell to 131.31 yen from 131.99 yen in New York on Friday.
Japan's Nikkei index closed down 1% at 19,393.69.
"The horrific events in Paris on Friday are likely to have a short sharp effect in markets but in the long-term, real effects are more likely to influence political risk than the markets themselves," said IG market strategist Evan Lucas in a note.
Third-quarter economic data showed that Japan's economy shrank 0.8% on an annualised basis, which was worse than forecast. On a quarterly basis, the economy contracted by 0.2%.
Economists said the weak growth puts more pressure on the government and central bank to introduce more stimulus measures to revive activity in the economy.
Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 0.9% at 5,003.80, while South Korea's Kospi index finished 1.5% lower at 1,943.02.
In China, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed down 1.72% to 22,010.82, while the Shanghai Composite moved into positive territory towards the end of trade to close up 0.73% at  3,606.96.
Investors' confidence was affected by an announcement made by regulators over the weekend that they would raise margin finance requirements to prevent systemic risks.
The amount of collateral required for margin loans would double from 50% to 100% of the amount borrowed, the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges and China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) said in separate statements.
Airline stocks were among the hardest hit in the region on fears that the Paris attacks would deter people from travelling overseas.
Hong Kong-listed shares of Air China closed down by 3.5%, and Cathay Pacific shares closed down 2.8%.
In Sydney, Virgin Australia shares fell 6.5% and Qantas shares fell 1.7%.


Floyd Mayweather did not follow the rules correctly when seeking approval for an intravenous drip before his victory over Manny Pacquiao, the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) says.

The US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) gave retrospective permission after Mayweather had the drip of saline and vitamins on the eve of his 2 May fight.
But the NSAC says only it could approve the drip, and not Usada.
Pacquiao wants a rematch, according to the AFP news agency.
Usada said it granted unbeaten American Mayweather, 38, a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) for the infusion, in accordance with NSAC regulations.
But NSAC executive director Bob Bennett told BBC Sport: "Anyone should know worldwide, if you fight in the state of Nevada we are the sole authority for approving a TUE.
"Usada has been known historically as the premier performance-enhancing drugs-testing organisation and they have an outstanding record. But they do not have the authority to authorise a TUE to a fighter in the state of Nevada."
Mayweather's drip, administered to combat dehydration after a tough training session, had already attracted controversy.
A report claimed he received favourable treatment from Usada in being given permission to have it. It said, although the substances in question were not banned, an IV drip "can dilute or mask the presence of another substance that is already in the recipient's system".
Usada said the report was "riddled with significant inaccuracies and misrepresentations", while Mayweather highlighted his own anti-doping stance.
"I follow and have always followed the rules of Nevada and Usada, the gold standard of drug-testing," he said.
"Let's not forget that I was the one six years ago who insisted on elevating the level of drug-testing for all my fights."
Bennett explained the process of successfully obtaining a TUE, adding that it was very rare for one to be granted so close to a fight.
"The process is you go online and you submit an application with supportive evidence from your doctor. Upon our receiving it, we give the application to our doctor. After his review we will determine if a TUE is approved.
"We are very meticulous, we look a each TUE very thoroughly before our doctors make a final decision. We want to do all this for the health and safety of the fighter.
"I don't recall a time when we have authorised a pre-fight TUE for an intravenous drip. I'm not saying it hasn't ever happened, but I don't recall it."
BBC Sport's Ade Adedoyin in Las Vegas: "The Manny Pacquiao camp are quite unhappy about his situation.
"They point to the fact that before Pacquiao went out to face Mayweather he asked for permission to have an injection of painkillers but was denied by the NSAC.
"One of his business advisors has spoken to the media and has been saying how ironic it is for Mayweather to be in this situation now.
"He has also says that perhaps the best way forward is for Mayweather and Pacquiao to have a rematch."
Pacquiao has been addressing the media in his native Phillipines and has called for a rematch.
The 36-year-old was refused an anti-inflammatory shoulder injection before his fight with Mayweather - the richest in the history of the sport - after failing to notify the correct authorities.
He later blamed the injury for his points defeat, claiming it stopped him using his right hand.
"That is why I want a rematch," AFP news agency quoted him as saying. "One without any injury and with fair play. No favouritism. Not one where the Mayweather camp gets to dictate all the terms and conditions.
"The Mayweather camp accused me of using performance-enhancing drugs. Now look what happened. The truth has finally came out and I was vindicated.
"If needed, the NSAC should impose the appropriate sanction to sustain its credibility and to show the world they did not give preferential treatment to the Mayweather camp."


Chelsea defender Gary Cahill says he has held "positive" talks with interim manager Guus Hiddink and wants to remain at Stamford Bridge.

The 30-year-old England international joined Chelsea from Bolton in January 2012 and signed a new four-year contract last December.
He has not started in the Premier League since 26 December, though.
Asked about his meeting with Hiddink, Cahill said: "He was very approachable and it was beneficial, very positive."
Kurt Zouma and John Terry have become preferred starters in central defence as Chelsea have gone nine matches without defeat under Hiddink.
There were suggestions that Cahill had become concerned about his future, as he attempts to secure a place in England's Euro 2016 squad.
"Obviously, I want to be at the club," he told Chelsea's website. "I signed a contract a couple of months ago so that shows I want to be here.
"But ultimately, I feel like I need to play football matches. I've always been that way; it's always been in my make-up to play a high percentage of games.
"I realise sometimes things go well, sometimes they don't, but it's very important for me to play football matches."


If you happen to look up from breakfast one morning and see a llama peering in the window, don't worry - it's just checking its reflection.

The mother and two children have been spotted in front gardens since they escaped from a farm in Oxfordshire on Sunday.
Owner Steve Castle said Patches, Star and Tri are not aggressive, but is concerned for their welfare.
The animals made their bid for freedom from Home Farm in Long Wittenham.
Residents have since reported llamas peeking into their homes but Mr Castle said the curious creatures have a habit of using windows as makeshift mirrors.
"If they get bored they just go for a wander. And they like looking at themselves so people with big windows might see them looking at their reflections.
"People think they're dreaming when they see them."
The llama family has been clocked in residential areas of Saxons Heath and on the main road from Didcot to Clifton Hampden.
They were also discovered in a field at the nearby Earth Trust, but jumped over a fence before they could be returned home.
Mr Castle said they were particularly jumpy as they were previously owned by travellers who used them to train lurchers to hunt deer.
He added: "If a dog chases them obviously they run. That's how all this started, they ran away from a dog walker after they escaped.
"But they're not dangerous, they are very fond of people."


A teenager has been detained for a sex attack on a student who went on to publish an open letter about the ordeal.

Oxford University student Ione Wells, 20, was attacked as she walked home near Camden last month.
A 17-year-old, who cannot be named, was sentenced to two years' youth detention at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court.
He was told he would serve half his sentence on licence, after he admitted sexual assault at an earlier hearing.
The teenager will also be put on the sex offenders register for five years.
During the hearing, the court heard, he grabbed Ms Wells from behind and pushed her to the ground, smashing her head against the pavement.
He then grabbed at her chest with such force that it tore her bra in half.
In a victim impact statement, Ms Wells said the attack was the most traumatic experience of her life and had left her feeling "tainted and violated".
She said she also suffered flashbacks and heard the sound of footsteps.
In mitigation, the 17-year-old's defence lawyer said the teenager "deeply regrets" the attack and was "willing to prove" it would be his last.
But the judge ruled the attack was so serious, with long-term psychological consequences for Ms Wells, that a period of detention was needed.
Ms Wells, who waived her right to anonymity to speak about the attack, first published the defiant letter to her attacker in student paper the Cherwell.
She said the positive feedback she received in response had "transformed" an "incredibly hurtful" experience.
In it, she wrote: "My community will not feel we are unsafe walking back home after dark. We will get on the last Tube home, and we will walk up our streets alone, because we will not ingrain or submit to the idea that we are putting ourselves in danger in doing so.
"Your community - even if you can't see it around you every day. It is there. It is everywhere."
Following the attack and publication of her letter, Ms Wells initiated the #NotGuilty campaign, which argues victims in sexual assault cases should never be blamed.
The Crown Prosecution Service said Ms Wells had "shown real courage throughout this case, this was a terrifying attack which no one should have to experience".


International singing star Ed Sheeran visited residents at a care home in his home town to open a Sheeran Suite.

Sheeran visited the Mills Meadow Care Home in Framlingham, Suffolk.
Mills Meadow's home manager, Sue Hill, said: "We are over the moon that Ed could visit us and officially open our new Sheeran Suite.
"Ed is delightful. We are really grateful that he could spare the time in his busy schedule to pop in."
Resident Mary Swan, who helped Sheeran cut the ribbon, said: "It was a very exciting day and I enjoyed meeting Ed. I even got his autograph."
Sheeran toured the home, which features four suites with names chosen by residents.
Care UK handed Sheeran a Â£500 cheque for his chosen charity EACH (East Anglian Children's Hospice).
The singer, who released a 2011 song called Lego House, was also presented with a Lego set by the residents.


A man has been convicted over the death of a woman who was crushed by window frames weighing more than half a tonne.

Lawyer Amanda Telfer, 43, died when three frames fell on her as she walked past a building site in London.
The frames had been left unprotected and unrestrained against a wall, in Hanover Square, Mayfair, in 2012.
Kelvin Adsett, 64, from Slough, was found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence, following a six-week trial at the Old Bailey.
Adsett, a supervisor for Slough-based IS Europe Limited, was also convicted of failure to take reasonable care for safety whilst at work.
Damian Lakin-Hall, 50, from Cobham, Surrey, was found also guilty of the same charge but acquitted of Ms Telfer's manslaughter.
Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson QC told the jury it was "obvious to anyone" the heavy frames, which together weighed 1,444lb (655kg), carried a "clear and serious risk of death", to anyone nearby.
"There were a series of obvious and, in many cases, straightforward steps that could have been taken to avoid that risk, ranging from cancellation, delay, refusal of delivery on the one hand, to the storage, the use of straps and barriers," he said.
"None were taken by any of the defendants and Amanda Telfer died as a result."
IS Europe Limited was also found guilty of failure to ensure the health, safety and welfare of employees at work and exposing another to a risk to health and safety.
Steven Rogers, 62, from Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, was cleared of a single charge of failure to take reasonable care for safety while at work as an employee of Westgreen Construction.
Charges against Westgreen Construction, Claire Gordon, Drawn Metal Ltd and Stephen Rogers were all discharged.
Judge Peter Rook described it as a "tragic case" and scheduled sentencing to take place on 5 May.


The Northern Ireland Football League has formally raised the issue of Robert Garrett playing in Portadown's win over Ards on Saturday while suspended.

The matter will now be investigated by an Irish FA Disciplinary Committee.
Garrett scored in the 3-1 victory at Shamrock Park but the Irish FA will rule on whether the midfielder should have been on the pitch at all.
According to the IFA website, Garrett was to serve a one-match ban, effective from Monday, 24 October.
Portadown have insisted the suspension was to commence a week later.
It is understood Ards raised the matter of Garrett's eligibility before Saturday match.
The result at Shamrock Park was Portadown's fourth win of season, meaning they have wiped out the 12-point deduction imposed before the start of the season.
They are now on zero points - just five behind one-from-bottom Carrick Rangers.
The prospect of them having to facing another disciplinary hearing is the last thing Ports fans will want to hear.
If found guilty of playing a suspended player, Portadown's win could be changed to a 3-0 defeat.
Portadown's temporary manager Vinny Arkins said he sought clarification on whether Garrett was available for selection.
"I spoke to the club briefly before the game, regarding the issue of is the player suspended," said Arkins.
"I was told that he was cleared to play and that the suspension wouldn't kick in until the following Monday after it was received.
"So as far as I'm concerned, he was cleared to play.
"Ards did indicate it before the game, but they obviously know more than we do and they are obviously getting their information from someone other than us."
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A new direct rail service linking Stirling and London has been launched by Virgin Trains.

The inaugural service left Stirling at 05:26, and will arrive at London King's Cross at 10:52.
The direct route means passengers do not have to change trains in Edinburgh and will cut journey times by about 46 minutes, Virgin said.
Transport minister Derek Mackay said the new route would boost business and tourism in the city.
Trains will also stop in Scotland at Falkirk, Haymarket and Edinburgh Waverly.
The new route is Virgin's first expansion of services in Scotland since it won the franchise to operate on the East Coast mainline.
Mr Mackay said: "I am pleased to launch this service from Stirling to London and I am confident that it will be a major draw for tourists, students, business and residents and deliver significant economic benefits to Stirling and the wider locality.
"It will bring further attention to Stirling's diverse and growing business base, its splendid university and Business Innovation Park, its impressive cultural and sporting facilities and its historical attractions."
The route is part of Virgin plans to increase services on the East Coast line with a fleet of 65 bigger, faster and more environmentally-friendly trains from 2018, which the company said would mean more capacity on its routes.
Warrick Dent, safety and operations director for Virgin Trains on the East Coast, said: "This is exciting day for us as we connect another of Scotland's cities with a direct, early-morning service to London and start our journey to transform passenger services to Scotland.
"We've been really encouraged by the feedback from people in Stirling, particularly among businesses who have told us how much they value having this additional service, which will get them to and from London faster and without having to change trains."


A total of 276 candidates will stand in next month's Northern Ireland Assembly election.

They will compete for the 108 seats across 18 constituencies on 5 May.
The figure is up on the same election five years ago, when 218 candidates were in the race.
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) is fielding the most candidates, with 44, while Sinn FÃ©in will run 39.
The Ulster Unionist Party has 33 candidates, the Social Democratic and Labour Party will run 24 and the Alliance Party has 23 runners.
Eighteen candidates will run for the Green Party, while the Traditional Unionist Voice has 15.
The UK Independence Party will stand 13 candidates and the Conservative Party will run 12.
The number of women candidates contesting the election has doubled from 38 in 2011 to 76 this year.
That is up from just over 17% of the overall number of candidates to more than 27%.
The seats with the most competition are East Belfast, South Belfast, North Belfast and West Tyrone.
Eighteen candidates are vying for the six MLA posts available in those constituencies.
The seats that have attracted the least interest from would-be MLAs are West Belfast, Mid Ulster and South Down, all of which are being contested by just 12 candidates.
Nominations for candidates closed on Tuesday afternoon.
The BBC will be providing coverage of the election across the BBC News NI website, television and radio.
Click to read and compare key party pledges


A man who denies throwing acid on a woman said he was "fuming angry" at his brother after hearing about the attack.

Billy Midmore, 22, denies causing grievous bodily harm with intent, a charge that his brother Geoffrey, 26, has pleaded guilty to.
Mr Midmore said he had no involvement in the attack on Carla Whitlock in Southampton, which left her blind in one eye.
He admitted sending her threatening texts.
CCTV footage of the moment a Ms Whitlock was attacked with drain cleaner containing sulphuric acid on 18 September last year, was shown to the jury at Southampton Crown Court on Wednesday.
The prosecution has previously claimed that the attack, which happened outside Turtle Bay in the city's Guildhall Square, was revenge for a drug deal that went wrong.
Mr Midmore said he was angry at Ms Whitlock after his brother was robbed of Â£2,000 worth of drugs and cash and subsequently sent her threatening texts.
He has denied buying the acid and being present during the attack.
Earlier prosecutor Kerry Maylin told the jury that Geoffrey Midmore had sent a photograph of the bottle on WhatsApp to an acquaintance together with the words: "This is one face melter."
The trial continues.


Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post's former bureau chief in Tehran, is suing Iran's government after he was imprisoned there for 18 months.

The lawsuit says Mr Rezaian suffered "irreparable harm" due to "torture and other cruel treatment".
It claims Iran "held him hostage for the purpose of extorting concessions" during talks with the US over its nuclear programme.
Yeganeh Salehi, the journalist's wife, was also held for 72 days.
Jason Rezaian - Now a free man
Released prisoners leave Iran
Mr Rezaian and Ms Salehi were arrested at gunpoint in Tehran on 22 July 2014, after security forces raided their home.
He was accused of vaguely-defined charges related to spying, and put on trial in secret. His case was heard by an Iranian Revolutionary Court judge blacklisted by the European Union for rights abuses.
Mr Rezaian, 40, was convicted of espionage and other offences, which the complaint calls a "futile effort" by Iran to justify his imprisonment.
"In reality, Jason committed no crime and was never legitimately tried, convicted, or sentenced - even according to Iranian standards," it says.
The journalist was sent to Iran's notorious Evin Prison, where he spent part of his time in solitary confinement. The suit says he was deprived of sleep, relentlessly interrogated, and denied "basic medical treatment for serious and painful illnesses and infections".
He lost 50 pounds during his incarceration due to the appalling prison food which "in some cases contained concrete, rocks, dirt or other foreign and inedible objects".
Interrogators also threatened to maim his wife and throw him off a cliff.
Mr Rezaian was allegedly told by Iranian security guards and interrogators that he was a "high-value" asset who would be used as a "bargaining chip" in a prisoner swap.
The suit, filed in a US district court in Washington, was issued jointly by the journalist's family. According to the document, the protracted ordeal took such a toll on them that Mr Rezaian, his wife, and his brother Ali all considered suicide.
The reporter was released on 16 January 2016, after 544 days in prison, along with three other US prisoners. Their release was part of a prisoner exchange with Iran.
While Americans are not usually allowed to sue foreign governments, an exception is made for alleged acts of terrorism. Mr Rezaian, his brother, and his mother Mary Rezaian are seeking an unspecified sum in damages for the mental and physical suffering they endured.
Amir Hekmati, a US Marine imprisoned by Iran for four and a half years and released alongside Mr Rezaian, also sued Iran last May. He claims he was beaten and tortured with electric shocks.


Former England captain Alastair Cook has earned an automatic place in the 2018 North-South series - a competition designed to look at players on the fringes of the national one-day team.

Cook has not played a one-day international since he was sacked as limited-overs captain in December 2014.
The 32-year-old has scored 503 One-Day Cup runs for Essex this season putting him third in the MVP Rankings.
The top four England-qualified players from both groups get automatic slots.
It is not known if Cook will accept the invitation for the South team, as the dates for the tournament have not been confirmed and it could clash with his England Test commitments.
But the England and Wales Cricket Board said the series would "be watched closely by the England selectors and management in their planning for the 2019 World Cup".
Cook was replaced by Eoin Morgan as England one-day captain less than two months before the 2015 World Cup, after averaging just 27.52 in his final 20 one-dayers.
However, he has been in fine form for Essex this summer, scoring two hundreds and three half-centuries in leading his county side to the top of the One-Day Cup South Group.
Hampshire captain James Vince, who guided South to a 3-0 series victory in the United Arab Emirates in March, has again qualified automatically along with Kent and England Lions opener Daniel Bell-Drummond and Cook's Essex team-mate Ravi Bopara.
Derbyshire all-rounder Shiv Thakor, Durham and England opener Keaton Jennings, Warwickshire batsman Sam Hain and Yorkshire captain Gary Ballance are the automatic picks for the North team.
The 13-man North and South squads will be confirmed at the end of the English domestic season in September.
What is the North v South series?
The three-match series is designed as a warm-up for county cricket's 50-over competition - the Royal London One-Day Cup - as well as helping players prepare for international cricket.
Eight players earn an automatic place on each team - with North represented by players from northern counties and South from southern counties - through the Professional Cricketers' Association's Most Valued Player ratings formula, while the remaining players were chosen by the England selectors.
The PCA MVP rankings system identifies the match-winners and key influencers of games throughout the domestic season.
It takes into account conditions, quality of opposition, captaincy and strike rates as well as runs scored and wickets taken.


A 15-year-old Austrian synchronised swimmer suffered "severe injuries" when she and two other teenagers were in a collision with a bus in the athletes' village at the European Games in Baku.

Vanessa Sahinovic sustained multiple fractures and a head injury - but is not in a life-threatening condition.
Luna Pajer, 15, gained injuries to her arms and has also returned to Vienna for specialist treatment.
The Austrian Olympic Committee (AOC) said the team would still compete.
"It's a very, very sad day," said Dr Karl Stoss, AOC president. "It's a tough day for the team. Sporting motives and goals are not important at this moment."
Event organisers said the matter was now being investigated by police.
Team doctor Dr Robert Kandelhard accompanied Sahinovic and Pajer back to Vienna. The private jet belonging to Azerbaijan president Ilham Aliyev was used to fly the injured athletes back to their homeland.
"They have already landed and can get the best care there," added Stoss. "I'm not a medical expert but the treatment has been really good so far.
"It's a real shock for us and tough to motivate the team to focus on sport."
The AOC said the collision happened at 08:30 local time on Thursday, when the athletes were walking on the pavement in the Olympic village.
Verena Breit, 15, was also injured in the incident and she spent an hour in hospital in Baku with a thigh injury, but has now returned to the athletes' village.
A Baku 2015 spokesperson said: "This is a terrible accident, and at this time our thoughts and concerns are for the athletes involved, their families and the remainder of the Austrian delegation.
"The incident is now a matter of a police investigation and until that process is complete we will be making no further statement."
The inaugural European Games feature 20 sports, 16 of which will be included in next year's Olympics, and begin on 12 June.
Meanwhile, British newspaper the Guardian claims it has been banned from entering Azerbaijan to cover the event.
It says the decision "appears to be linked" to its report on the country's preparations for the event, which contained criticism of the government's "clampdown on freedom of speech and any political opposition".


US rapper Kanye West has held a meeting with Donald Trump - with the president-elect saying the pair discussed "life".

They posed for pictures after the Trump Tower get-together on Tuesday.
The reason for the meeting was not made clear, and neither answered questions on whether West would perform at Mr Trump's inauguration next month.
Mr Trump said the pair were "just friends", adding that West - who has recently spent time in hospital - was "a good man".
Asked why he was not speaking during the photocall, held in the lobby of the tower, West replied: "I just want to take a picture right now."
The singer, who was admitted to hospital with exhaustion, has previously revealed he did not vote in the US presidential election - but that if he had, he would have chosen Mr Trump over Hillary Clinton.
He was booed at a concert in California in November after declaring his support for Mr Trump.
A spokesman for Mr Trump said the president-elect had "enjoyed catching up" with his "long-time friend" on Tuesday.
There has been speculation over who might perform at the January inauguration, following reports in the US that Mr Trump is struggling to find A-list stars to play at the event.
The topic of the inauguration was not addressed during a media briefing held by Mr Trump's press team, however.
West arrived at the New York building with a small entourage, but his wife, Kim Kardashian West, did not accompany him.
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A Royal Navy chef has spent hours melting chocolate buttons to create a small fleet of ships in commemoration of the Battle of Trafalgar.

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Steven Ward made 24 galleons from chocolate, with Maltesers doubling up as replica cannon balls.
The creations will mark the 209th anniversary of the battle during the Napoleonic Wars.
The ships will be paraded through the dining hall of HMS Nelson in Portsmouth at the Trafalgar Day dinner.


They are negotiating - but what are the thorny issues on the table for Northern Ireland's parties and the British and Irish governments?

Talks aimed at resolving the political deadlock continue at Stormont.
The talks are focusing on welfare reform, finance, paramilitary activity and the legacy of the Troubles.
It is worth recalling that the Stormont House deal, agreed just under a year ago, fell apart over welfare reform.
Sinn Féin walked away from the deal saying mitigating measures for welfare recipients did not go far enough and were less than they understood had been agreed.
That interpretation is hotly disputed by the DUP.
The deal should have introduced changes already made across the rest of the UK:
The  Stormont House deal in essence agreed to introduce all of the above but with significant mitigating measures.
These were:
In total, all these measures would cost £564m over six years, the vast majority of that related to DLA/PIP.
Responsibility for the welfare system is devolved to Northern Ireland. However, in practice, Northern Ireland has always operated in parity with the rest of the United Kingdom.
In 2012, the UK coalition government under David Cameron and Nick Clegg agreed a series of welfare changes known as the Welfare Reform Act.
However, Stormont could not agree to implement those changes through its own Welfare Reform Bill.
It was really about the last of the five measures listed above.
Sinn Féin said they had been misled about how big the Supplementary Payment Scheme would need to be.
Martin McGuinness reckoned it would actually need another £200m to protect current and future claimants. Figures in Sinn Féin's Welfare Facts document suggest full compensation would require a "supplementary fund" of £346m over six years
The DUP said it would be "impossible" to offer the sort of protection that Sinn Féin were aiming for.
Have Sinn Féin got any more money for mitigating measures?
Recall the party's mantra of protecting "children with disabilities, adults with severe disabilities, the long-term sick" -  that is really about specific mitigation for the reduction of disability premiums under Universal Credit, the time limiting of contributory ESA and the household benefit cap.
Will there be anything specific they can point to on those benefits?
Will the party stick to the position that future as well as existing claimants must be protected?
And how will the Tax Credits issue play into any pledges on mitigation?


North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been elected to the country's rubber-stamp parliament with a unanimous vote from his district, state media say.

Mr Kim's 100% approval from his Mount Paektu constituency reflects the "absolute  support" of people in the country, KCNA news agency says.
The elections for the Supreme People's Assembly on Sunday had just one name on the ballot for each district.
It was the first time such a poll had been held since Mr Kim assumed power.
His younger sister has also made her first official appearance in state media, suggesting that she is a rising force in the hierarchy.
Kim Yo-jong, who is thought to be 26, was shown in Mr Kim's entourage as he went to cast his ballot at a polling station at Kim Il-sung university.
She was identified by name and the honorific "comrade" by state television and described as a senior official.
She has been seen accompanying her brother on previous occasions but has not been identified by name before.
Kim Jong-un became leader of North Korea following the death of his father, Kim Jong-il, in 2011.
North Korea usually votes once every five years to approve members of the highest legislative body, the Supreme People's Assembly.
Each of the 687 districts had only one candidate running for office, with voters required to write "Yes" or "No" on the ballot paper.
KCNA said of Mr Kim's victory: "This is an expression of all the service personnel and people's absolute support and profound trust in Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un as they single-mindedly remain loyal to him."
The results of the other districts have yet to be announced.
Mr Kim holds many titles, including Supreme Commander of the armed forces.
Analysts say that the only real value in these polls is in watching for any signs of change in the list of state-approved candidates.
The democratic duty for voters in these elections is not so much deciding who they want to represent them, but whether they agree with the ruling party's choice, says the BBC's Lucy Williamson in Seoul.
In the election held in 2009, turnout was 99%, with 100% of votes in favour of the named candidates.


Bats are some of my favourite mammals, but they are so hard to film.

They tend to fly fast and in unpredictable patterns; and of course, they are active at night. This behaviour doesn't just cause problems for us TV reporters, it also makes life difficult for scientists studying bat numbers.
But now scientists at the University of Warwick think they have come up with a new way to identify bat species and it's a method that can be used by any bat enthusiast and not just experts.
All this is good news because studying bat populations is an important way to learn more about the general health of an ecosystem.
Since bats are often pretty high up the food chain, if they are doing well then chances are everything else, from insects to plants, is doing well too.
So what the researchers have done is to record the world's largest database of bat noises.
The tiny, short squeaks that bats make when they are out and about.
This involved catching a lot of bats, identifying them visually and then recording any audible sound they make.
The idea is to build an algorithm that can recognise a bat just from the noise it makes.
Now that's not as easy as it might sound. A squeak is a very short sound. It doesn't contain an awful lot of information for a computer to get its digital-teeth into.
But the researchers at the University of Warwick are very good at pulling patterns out of the tiniest amount of data.
The end result could be a simple smartphone app that can record bat sounds in the wild and crunch the audio to produce a list of bat species in the area.
It could revolutionise the work of scientists in the field.
Bat identification is a very specialised job, but this research would mean many more people could get involved, really expanding what we know about the natural world.
Read more about this work here;


There is something reassuringly terrestrial about stained glass - which has been around for a thousand years - being mounted on a robot headed for Mars.

But the small coloured disks designed and painstakingly made for the European Space Agency's ExoMars Rover Mission 2018 at Aberystwyth University are anything but decorative.
The team's glass and robot "selfie mirror" could help the world see the true colour of the Red Planet - and discover if it hosts life.
As part of a series looking at work being done in this area at the university, BBC Wales catches up with those working on the rover in the university's space robotics research group to find out how.
The team - previously overseen by Prof Dave Barnes, who died last year - is developing calibration equipment for the panoramic camera on the rover.
Similar to a chart of "stable" colours used by photographers at the start of any session, the kit ensures the shades being captured in images of the Martian surface will be accurate.
If you are going to journey across the Solar System, you want to be certain your snaps are a true likeness.
"Unfortunately, we can't send a conventional paper-based colour checker to Mars," research fellow Dr Matthew Gunn said.
"It wouldn't survive the journey, it wouldn't get through all the cleaning stages needed. So, we have had to come with a new way of doing one.
"Because the Martian environment exposes things to large quantities of UV, which tends to fade colour, we have had to find something which is UV resistant.
"And the solution we came up with was stained glass. Stained glass has been used in church windows for hundreds and hundreds of years and the colours are still fantastically represented."
The nine circles of high-grade glass, which will be embedded in a small aluminium tile and mounted on the rover's front, have been tinted with hues selected from thousands of others.
The cut, ground and polished pieces will go through innumerable cleaning processes before the mission sets off.
Research associate, Dr Rachel Cross, said: "Because we're looking for life on Mars, we want to make sure we're not taking any with us."
And with the radiation on the nine-month space trek, super fine dust on Mars' surface and its huge temperature range - from 20°C down to -110°C - the instruments will need to withstand some pretty hostile forces.
Another of the team's innovations is the convex aluminium rover inspection mirror, resembling a bicycle bell, which allows the robot's cameras to view reflections of its undercarriage and rear.
"It's recently been re-coined as the rover 'selfie mirror'," Dr Gunn said, although the term has raised the eyebrows of some who worked on it.
The university's team are also responsible for a set of fiducial markers, objects which give a point of reference to guarantee the cameras are pointing in the right direction.
All the components will all play miniature but essential roles in making sure the sensitive manoeuvrings and recordings of a six-wheeled machine across the interplanetary void are not wasted.
The fragile fortune of such missions is perhaps best illustrated by Beagle2, which was detected in January, after losing contact with Earth while trying to touch down on Mars in 2003.
Dr Gunn estimates the cost of sending 1kg of equipment into outer space is up to $100,000 US dollars (£66,000), meaning all the university's instruments will have to earn their weight.
The team has spent hour upon hour shaving them down to about 60g in total, meaning they could cost up to $6,000 (£4,000) to transport.
Dr Gunn showed the BBC a ten-pack of the dainty glass discs that will now be put through a series of extreme tests and processes to ensure they are ready for an atmosphere at least 34 million miles (54 million km) from any church window.
"It's quite frightening to think that in four years' time one of those ten bits of glass will be on the surface of Mars," he said.
"It's really weird to have this stuff sitting in front of you."
By Michael Burgess and Philip John


A clean-up operation is under way after hundreds of litres of heating oil spilled into a Carmarthenshire river in an act of suspected vandalism.

Environment body Natural Resources Wales (NRW) said 300-400 litres entered the River Berem in Pontyberem, at the weekend.
The pollution was traced to a nearby residential heating oil tank on Mynachlog Road.
Dyfed-Powys Police and NRW are investigating.
The spill happened late on Saturday night and caused a sheen to affect more than 1.5km (0.9m) of the river.
NRW said it did not expect the oil to have a serious impact on water quality and wildlife and it had not entered the River Gwendraeth.
Huw Brunt, from Public Health Wales, said contact with or breathing in fumes from this type of heating oil could cause eye, skin and respiratory irritation as well as drowsiness.
Anyone who experiences such symptoms should contact Public Health Wales on 02920 402 478.


Brazilian midfielder Oscar scored on his debut for Shanghai SIPG following his move from Chelsea for a Chinese transfer record fee of £60m.

The 25-year-old netted after coming on as a second-half substitute in the 2-1 friendly win against Saudi Arabian side Al-Batin in Doha, Qatar.
Oscar later won the free-kick from which Lu Wenjun struck the winner.
"I only trained for two days," he said. "This is the start of a new season - we have only one goal, which is to win."
Oscar added: "My team-mates played very well today. The Chinese guys tried to help us [to integrate]. It's difficult to have a good game in such a short time - they made it happen."
The Chinese Super League gets under way in March.


As international sanctions against Iran have tightened, the value of the Iranian currency has plummeted.

Ferdowsi Street in central Tehran is named after Ferdowsi, a poet who millennia ago compiled the Epic of Persian Kings and their eternal, mythical battle with evil.
The road is home to a long row of small shops where three types of money traders operate: "illegal" street money-changers, licensed exchange bureaux and, last but by no means least, big traders who move and shake the market with a phone call from their drab offices in the back alleys.
Street money-changers walk up and down the pavement shouting or whispering (depending on how much the government likes them at the time) the words "dollar, pound, euro". They offer good deals for small transactions, turning a few notes into rial for tourists or locals.
The exchange bureaux are licensed and monitored by Iran's central bank and handle bigger transactions. They are normally caught between a central bank that sometimes dictates exchange rates, and a market that works on more acceptable, basic rules of supply and demand.
The kingmakers, though, are the big traders of the back alleys, "the invisible mafia" as the government prefers to brand them, those who are blamed for everything that goes wrong with Iran's currency market.
In the recent crisis this so-called mafia is accused of scooping dollars out of the market in a move challenging government measures to contain the crisis.
On Monday of last week, Iran's central bank opened a new foreign exchange centre to supply importers with a rate originally planned at 2% lower than that of the market.
The state-affiliated centre failed to respond to demand and, at the same time, hard currency normally pumped into the market by the central bank dried up, triggering fresh panic.
In the past seven days, Iran's rial has has lost 25% of its value; it is now, at best, worth only a quarter of what it was 18 months ago. And the freefall seems to have no end in sight.
Recent days in Iran have seen runs on foreign currencies and on gold - assets that are easily liquefied in the domestic market or transferable overseas.
On the one hand Iranians have lost their trust in their government's grip over the economy, and on the other they fear their country may end up in a military confrontation with Israel over its nuclear programme.
Therefore, they have good reason to change whatever they have in hand into currencies whose value is sustained internationally, or into gold bullion which they can throw into a suitcase if they want to hop aboard a flight and leave the country.
On Tuesday morning the window of licensed exchange bureaux showed rates never seen before: every US dollar bought 35,000 rials; currently the lowest valued currency per unit in the world.
To try to prevent such excessive weakening of the rial, Iran's central bank has long been implementing a "managed float" of the currency. The backbone of the policy is to inject enough petrodollars into the market to keep the rial's value against the dollar high.
It was fairly easy for the central bank to manipulate the value of the currency in the good old days when Iran was exporting up to 2.5 million barrels of crude oil at prices that climbed ever higher. And although the rial passed the 10,000 mark in 2009, the central bank successfully managed to keep it hovering around that level for some eight years.
But then came the sanctions.
As negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme eached a stalemate in recent years, the US and the European Union intensified their sanctions against Iran's energy and banking sectors.
The sanctions have resulted in two major financial hiccups in the past 18 months.
In the latter half of 2011, the Dubai-based Noor Islamic Bank, under pressure from the US Treasury, stopped clearing Iran's oil money. The Wall Street Journal at the time reported that the bank was responsible for settling up to 60% of Iran's then $100bn (Â£62bn) oil revenue.
The knock-on effect was a major drop in the rial's value as Iran's central bank fell short on US dollars, before finding alternative routes for bringing its petrodollars home.
Soon after, on New Year's Eve, President Barack Obama signed into law sanctions against any entity which dealt with the Central Bank of Iran, a measure which put off many financial institutions from doing business with Iran under the fear of being locked out of the US market.
Iran's major Asian buyers of crude that were paying into the bank also had to cut up to 20% of their imports in order to win exemptions from these sanctions.
This, plus the EU embargo on Iranian oil which started in July, have cut Iran's oil income by at least 45%, hence the current crisis in hard currency.
Iran's years of state intervention in artificially sustaining the value of the rial, thanks to abundant petrodollars, has turned the currency into a barrel of gunpowder now detonated by sanctions. The cap the central bank kept on the rial's fall is suddenly removed. And the bank seems undecided on what to do next.
At a time of crisis, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government is plagued by inefficiency, mismanagement and a domestic power struggle.
These days, for many Iranians, are reminiscent of the time of war with Iraq. In the 1980s when Iran's foreign currency reserves dried up, licensed exchange bureaux closed down and the black market was run by the street money-changers of Tehran's Ferdowsi Street. Buying US dollars became an activity as illicit as buying illegal drugs from street dealers.
Many in Iran fear those days are about to come back.
If Iran's epic poet Ferdowsi was still alive, the last chapter of his book would have been "the battle of Iran's rial with the US dollar".


Oxford is submitting its bid to become Unesco World Book Capital City in 2014.

The designation is given to cities to promote reading and literature. Oxford is aiming to become the first English-speaking location to hold the title.
If successful, a programme of events would be staged, including conferences, festivals, plays and writing competitions.
Bid director Kathelene Weiss said the events planned would "promote a love of reading" in the city.
Oxford's bid coincides with the redesign of the Bodleian Weston Library as well as the completion of the Story Museum of children's literature and storytelling.
The Bodleian Library's Mike Heeney said: "It is the opportunity to energise everyone - publishers, booksellers, readers authors and libraries.  It's a great catalyst."
The name of the 2014 winning city is due to be announced by Unesco in June.


Australian police have used pepper spray to break up clashes between two rival groups battling over race and immigration in Melbourne.

Demonstrators in a march against racism clashed with protesters against immigration, with hundreds of police trying to keep them apart.
Several people were arrested for rioting and assaulting police.
Police condemned the behaviour of groups of demonstrators during the rallies in the suburb of Coburg.
"There was riotous behaviour and it was appalling," Commander Sharon Cowden told reporters, adding there were only minor injuries.
The anti-immigration protesters carried banners saying "No refugees, our home, our future", according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
They were vastly outnumbered by demonstrators from the anti-racism group, who  hurled abuse such as "Nazi scum, off our streets" at them.
Immigration has been a campaign issue in the run-up to parliamentary elections in July, though the economy, health and education have taken prominence.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Australia had the world's "most successful multicultural society" but it was still "a work in progress.
"There is more work to do. This is not something to be complacent about," he told reporters.
This story was updated on 29 May with further details on the size of the demonstration and the Australian election campaign.


Fighting in the Yemeni city of Aden has intensified as Houthi rebels try to seize control of the city.

Concern is growing over the number of casualties after heavy clashes between local militia fighters and rebel forces.
Witnesses have reported bodies lying in the street after rebel shelling and sniper attacks.
The fierce fighting has continued despite airstrikes on Houthi forces by a Saudi-led coalition.
Houthi rebels allied with troops loyal to the former President Ali Abdullah Saleh have reportedly advanced deeper into Aden to try and wrest control of the city from fighters loyal to President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi.
The BBC's Security Correspondent Frank Gardner says that if reports of rebel tanks entering the centre of the southern port city are confirmed, then the rebels will have consolidated their grip on the most important parts of Yemen.
As the fighting continues, there have been increasing concern about the number of casualties.
A spokeswoman for the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) told the BBC that its hospital in Aden had received more than 500 injured people from all sides in the conflict over the last two weeks.
"The major injuries are gunshots and since the bombs we have some people with injuries linked to explosions," said spokeswoman Marie-Elisabeth Ingres.
On Wednesday, AFP news agency reported that at least 19 people had been killed, including six civilians, in clashes in the city's Khor Maksar district.
The UN has also expressed alarm at the rising number of civilian deaths in Yemen.
On Tuesday, the high commissioner for human rights warned that the country seemed to be "on the verge of total collapse".
President Hadi fled abroad last week after rebels advanced on Aden, where he had taken refuge after the Houthis took full control of the capital Sanaa in January and placed him under house arrest.
A Saudi-led coalition is attempting to help Mr Hadi in his fight against the Houthis by conducting airstrikes against the rebels and their allies.
On Wednesday, at least 35 workers were killed by a blast at a dairy factory in the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah.
There were conflicting reports about the cause of the overnight explosion but witnesses said coalition aircraft hit warehouses belonging to the factory.
The latest violence comes as dozens of Yemenis are reported to have crossed the Gulf of Aden in small boats to get to Somalia and Djibouti to escape fighting and airstrikes on the city of Taez.
The arrival of the Yemeni refugees reverses a decades-old trend in which thousands of Somalis have sought sanctuary in Yemen to escape their own country's violence.
The Houthis have said their aim is to replace President Hadi's government, which they accuse of being corrupt. Their leader has refused to surrender to what he called the "unjustified aggression" by the coalition.


South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been given five years in jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

Judge Thokozile Masipa also gave Pistorius a three-year suspended sentence for a firearms charge.
The parents of Reeva Steenkamp told the BBC they were happy with the sentence and relieved the case was over. The defence said it expected Pistorius to serve about 10 months in prison.
Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide but cleared of murder.
Prosecutors had called for a minimum 10-year term, and the defence had argued for community service and house arrest.
Pistorius showed little reaction to the sentence other than to wipe his eyes before being led away to the cells downstairs.
He was then driven away from court in a police van to Pretoria's Kgosi Mampuru prison.
It is expected that he will be held in a one-man cell in the hospital wing.
Correctional services spokesman Manelisi Wolela later told AFP news agency Pistorius was "already accommodated at Kgosi Mampuru".
Defence lawyer Barry Roux said his client was expected to serve 10 months in prison, with the rest under house arrest.
Dup De Bruyn, a lawyer for the Steenkamp family, told Reuters that "justice was served", although he believed Pistorius would probably serve two years.
Before he went down the stairs and out of court, Oscar Pistorius slipped off his expensive watch and handed it to a relative. It seems the athlete probably knew his sentence beforehand, which helps explains the subdued atmosphere in court today.
This case has revealed plenty about South Africa - its gun culture, the strengths and inadequacies of its police and prisons. But above all it has been a simple story, about the rise and fall of a global icon.
As the crowds and cameras drift away from the courthouse, what lingers is the sense of waste. Of lives and careers for sure. But of time too.
A man and a woman went into a bathroom. Only one came out alive. As the judge made clear - the trial should have been over in a matter of weeks. Instead it turned into a tortuous, overwrought epic.
Pistorius's uncle, Arnold, said: "We accept the judgment. Oscar will embrace the opportunity to pay back to society."
He appealed to the media to "accept the ruling of court and let us move forward in this process and give us some degree of dignity and privacy".
He said the family would support and guide the athlete as he served his sentence.
The BBC's Nomsa Maseko, outside court, says opinion there was divided on the sentence, with some saying it was too light, others that it was fair.
Judge Masipa said she considered her sentence "fair and just, both to society and to the accused".
She said: "A non-custodial sentence would send the wrong message to the community. On the other hand, a long sentence would also not be appropriate either, as it would lack the element of mercy."
Judge Masipa said that nothing she could say or do could bring back Reeva Steenkamp, but "hopefully, this judgment on sentence shall provide some sort of closure for the family".
The judge begun reading her decision by saying there must be a balance between retribution, deterrence and rehabilitation.
In summarising the evidence, she described defence witness and social worker Annette Vergeer as "slapdash and disappointing".
Ms Vergeer had argued Pistorius would be "a lot more vulnerable than the normal man" in jail.
But Judge Masipa said she was sure prisons were equipped to cater for the requirements of a special needs inmate.
She also said she had a "feeling of unease" at what she called an overemphasis on the athlete's vulnerability.
However, she said Pistorius had made an "enormous contribution to society", in his charity work and in changing the public perception of disability.
The judge also said: "It would be a sad day for this country if an impression were to be created that there was one law for the poor and disadvantaged, and another for the rich and famous."
The three-year suspended term was for unlawfully firing a gun in a restaurant, in a separate incident before the Steenkamp killing.
The case may not yet be over, as both prosecution and defence have the right to appeal.
The prosecution service said it had not yet decided and the defence has not yet commented.
The International Paralympic Committee told the BBC it would not allow Pistorius to run at any of its events for five years, even if he were released early.
Pistorius, 27, an amputee sprinter who became the first athlete to compete in the Olympic and Paralympic Games, killed Ms Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year.
He says he shot her by mistake, fearing there was an intruder in his house in Pretoria.
Ms Steenkamp, a 29-year-old model, reality TV star and law graduate, was hit three times by bullets fired by Pistorius through a toilet door.
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Mr Pistorius said he and Ms Steenkamp had dinner at about 19:00 before going to bed at 21:00. He said he woke in the early hours, spoke briefly to his girlfriend and got up to close the sliding door and curtains.
Judge Thokozile Masipa questioned the reliability of several witnesses who said they heard screams and gunshots between about 03:12 and 03:17, saying most had 'got facts wrong'.
Mr Pistorius said he heard the bathroom window sliding open and believed that an intruder, or intruders, had entered the bathroom through a window which was not fitted with burglar bars.
Mr Pistorius said he grabbed his firearm and told Ms Steenkamp, who he thought was still in bed, to call the police.
The judge said it made no sense that Ms Steenkamp did not hear him scream 'Get out' or call the police, as she had her mobile phone with her.
Mr Pistorius could see the bathroom window was open and toilet door closed. He said he did not know whether the intruders were outside on a ladder or in the toilet.
He had his firearm in front of him, he heard a movement inside the toilet and thought whoever was inside was coming out to attack him.
'Before I knew it, I had fired four shots at the door,' he said.
The judge said she did not accept that Mr Pistorius fired the gun by accident or before he knew what was happening. She said he had armed himself with a lethal weapon and clearly wanted to use it. The other question, she said, was why he fired not one, but four shots before he ran back to the room to try to find Ms Steenkamp.
Mr Pistorius said he went back to the bedroom and noticed that Ms Steenkamp was not there.
Mr Pistorius said this was when he realised she could have been in the toilet and rushed back to the bathroom.
Mr Pistorius said he screamed for help and went back to the bathroom where he found the toilet was locked. He returned to the bedroom, pulled on his prosthetic legs and turned on the lights before bashing in the toilet door with a cricket bat.
When the door panel broke, he found the key and unlocked the door and found Ms Steenkamp slumped on the floor with her head on the toilet bowl. He then carried her downstairs, where he was met by neighbours.
3D animation of the apartment


The future of an outdoor education centre in Snowdonia has been secured thanks to an anonymous donor and a partnership agreement by two trusts.

Ogwen Cottage at Nant Ffrancon near Bethesda was shut by Birmingham council last July to cut costs.
But it was recently acquired by National Trust Wales which said it would work with the Outward Bound Trust to "offer inspiring experiences".
The trust said an anonymous donor had helped them buy the cottage.
Trystan Edwards, the conservation charity's general manager for Snowdonia and LlÅ·n, said: "Ogwen Cottage has been the focal point for adventuring into these mountains for many years.
"We're really looking forward to maintaining this tradition and working with the Outward Bound Trust to ensure that young people get to experience this stunning corner of Snowdonia."
He added: "We're extremely grateful to an anonymous donor for helping us safeguard this very special place."
Kim Parry, of the Outward Bound Trust, said: "We look forward to welcoming many thousands of young people to Ogwen Cottage in the years to come, to experience the wonderful environment on the doorstep of the centre and to benefit from an inspirational outdoor learning experience."
Ogwen Cottage is nestled between both Carneddau and Glyderau mountain ranges right at the starting point for many popular walking and climbing routes.
It had a guide price of more than Â£375,000 when it was put up for auction last year.
It has eight dormitories and has provided holiday accommodation for city children for 50 years.


A Bradford secondary school teacher who had sex with a pupil has been banned from the profession for life.

Amena Nazam-Khan admitted at a disciplinary hearing to engaging in sexual intercourse with the Tong High School student and to sending him explicit pictures.
Ms Nazam-Khan, 35, was found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct.
A second teacher at the school was criticised by the panel for delaying reporting the matter to management.
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The National College for Teaching and Leadership professional conduct panel heard that Sharanjit Kaur was told about the relationship by the student in November 2015, but waited for a month before telling the school's senior staff.
In her written evidence to the panel, Ms Kaur said:" I admit that I should have reported the student's call to me immediately. I accept that I didn't act promptly and that was wrong."
No sanctions were applied against Ms Kaur.
The panel heard that the relationship took place between January and October 2015.
Ms Nazam-Khan invited the pupil, who turned 18 in spring 2105, to her home and took him to hotel rooms. She communicated with him via social media, including sending explicit pictures of herself.
When the school began to investigate, she told the student to delete all the messages and "never discuss our relationship [with] anyone".
The panel said it did "not consider that Mrs Nazam-Khan has shown any remorse for her actions and the impact upon the pupil; her remorse is largely for the impact upon her family and herself".
Both teachers left the school in March 2016.
Neither teacher attended the hearing. Ms Nazam-Khan can appeal against her ban in the High Court.


Worcester have completed the signing of Bristol loose forward Marco Mama, who has signed on an undisclosed-length contract ahead of the 2016-17 season.

Mama, currently at Sixways on loan, is next season's fourth signing following lock forward Will Spencer and centres Ben Te'o and Jackson Willison.
But Mama, 24, will spend the last three months of this season back at Bristol.
He will return to his current parent club on 28 February before rejoining Premiership side Worcester next season.
"I think I've made some huge strides playing for Warriors in the last few months," he said. "But I've enjoyed some good times with Bristol and I will give my all to help them try to get promoted."
Mama, who came through Bristol's academy set-up, played against Warriors for their chief promotion rivals in all four of last season's Championship meetings.
He scored an impressive 22 tries in 106 games for Bristol, getting his first Premiership try for Worcester when he crossed in the 24-20 home defeat by Harlequins earlier this month.
Warriors host Exeter on Sunday, when they will hope to end a run of 10 straight defeats in the Premiership and European Challenge Cup.
Warriors have signed winger Dean Hammond on a new, undisclosed-length contract.
The former South African Under-20 international made 15 appearances in his debut season after signing in September 2013 following a successful trial at Sixways.
Despite an injury-hit 2014/15 campaign, he then ran in seven tries in 11 appearances last season, helping Warriors to win the British & Irish Cup, as well as scoring a key try in the Championship semi-final second leg win over London Scottish.
"I've made some great friends since moving to the club and have grown very fond of Worcester," said Hammond. "I'm looking forward to the future at Sixways and hope I can help us build something really special."
Warriors director of rugby Dean Ryan said: "Dean is a young player who has developed immensely. He has not been fazed by the amount of competition for places."


England forward Billy Vunipola has been ruled out of the rest of the World Cup with a knee ligament strain.

Harlequins number eight Nick Easter, 37, who has 52 Test caps, has been called up as a replacement.
Saracens' Vunipola, 22, suffered the injury in Saturday's 28-25 defeat by Wales at Twickenham and is expected to be out for six weeks.
Lock Courtney Lawes is a doubt for Saturday's Australia game with a knee injury and will not train on Tuesday.
"It's so unfortunate for Billy - he's worked really hard," said England head coach Stuart Lancaster.
"He's committed everything to the last three months but he is a young man with a bright future ahead of him and I know he'll be an integral part of this team for years to come.
"Nick was unlucky to miss out on final selection. He is a specialist number eight and an experienced player. We know he will make a big contribution."
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Easter said he was driving to training with Harlequins when he was told he was being called back into the England squad.
"The management said I was on standby and that anything can happen," he added.
"It's very unfortunate for Billy. He played very well against Wales and was a star of the Six Nations."
England have played two games in the World Cup - a 35-11 win over Fiji and Saturday's loss to Wales.
They are third in Pool A and face Australia at Twickenham on Saturday and Uruguay a week later, with the top two progressing to the quarter-finals.
"The players are looking forward to the biggest week of their lives. It's knockout rugby from here on in," added Easter.
Centre Jonathan Joseph, who missed the Wales defeat with a chest injury, is "making very good strides and ticking all the boxes", according to backs coach Andy Farrell.
Scrum-half Ben Youngs is "making progress" on a swollen ankle, but will also not train on Tuesday, although number eight Ben Morgan is "fully back" into training.


A 400-year-old burial site, which was discovered in 2013, contained the remains of Scottish prisoners of war.

3 September 2015 Last updated at 06:51 BST
The skeletons were found near Durham Cathedral, north-east England, during work on Durham University's Palace Green library.
Experts have dated the bones to 1650, and say they could be from hundreds of soldiers who fought a big battle in the 17th century.
Watch Martin's report.


Japan has announced it will resume whaling in the Antarctic early next year after a break of more than a year.

The decision comes despite an International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that Japan cease all whaling.
The Japanese government says it has taken into account the court ruling and its "scientific" whaling programme will be much smaller.
But the announcement has been condemned by environmental groups and the Australian and UK governments.
"We do not accept in any way, shape or form the concept of killing whales for so-called 'scientific research'," said Australian Environment Minister Greg Hunt.
"We are deeply disappointed with Japan's decision to restart whaling in the Southern Ocean," said the UK environment ministry, Defra. "This undermines the global ban on commercial whaling which the UK strongly supports."
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Japan's whaling fleet could set sail again within weeks and head for the Southern Ocean, says the BBC's Rupert Wingfield Hayes in Tokyo.
Under Japan's revised plan, it will reduce the number of minke whales caught each year by two thirds to 333.
The Japanese authorities believe their plan is scientifically reasonable but it is unlikely to placate opponents, in particular the Australian government.
"Japan cannot unilaterally decide whether it has adequately addressed" scientists' questions, Mr Hunt was quoted as saying.
In 2014 Australia won a case against Japan in the international court of justice in the Netherlands.
The court ruled that Japan's "scientific" whaling program was not scientific at all - and ordered Tokyo to recall its fleet.
Crucially, the ruling stated that it did not believe it was necessary for Japan to kill whales in order to study them, our correspondent says.
Japan started its whaling programme in 1987, a year after an international moratorium was enacted.
It accuses critics of being sentimental about whales and disregarding scientific evidence about the sustainability of whaling.
The ICJ says Japan has caught some 3,600 minke whales since its current programme began in 2005.


Police are hunting a hit-and-run driver who crashed into a pram being pushed by a woman in Edinburgh.

The pram was knocked over at about 14:00 on Tuesday, at Riccarton Mains Road, at the junction with Bryce Road.
The seven-month-old baby boy was checked over at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children but found to be uninjured.
Police said they are looking for a young man who was driving an "older style" white Ford Fiesta.
The driver did not stop and turned his vehicle around before travelling North along Riccarton Mains Road towards the A71 Calder Road.
The driver was white, in his early to mid 20s with short dark hair.
Insp Liz Duthie, of Police Scotland, said: "It is extremely fortunate the young baby did not suffer injury as a result of this collision, but his mother was left extremely distraught.
"We are eager to trace the motorist who did not stop and anyone with information that can help identify him is asked to contact police immediately."


At least 15 people are reported to have been killed and dozens wounded in a series of air strikes on rebel-held areas in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

One of the strikes hit near the Bayan hospital in the eastern Shaar district, activists and a monitoring group said.
Video footage, purportedly of the aftermath, showed bodies being pulled from burning and destroyed buildings.
It was not clear who was responsible, but government forces are seeking to regain control of the divided city.
In a defiant speech on Tuesday, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad promised to retake "every inch" of the country from his opponents.
Aleppo, he said, would be "the graveyard where the hopes and dreams" of Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan - a key backer of the rebels - would be "buried".
The speech to Syria's newly-elected parliament was Mr Assad's first major address since UN-brokered indirect peace talks in Geneva broke down in April.
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Aleppo, once Syria's commercial and industrial hub, has been divided since 2012, with the government controlling the western half and rebel factions holding the east.
But in recent months, government forces backed by Russian air strikes have almost encircled the rebel-held areas and cut off one of the rebels' two routes to Turkey.
The battle for the city led to the collapse of a cessation of hostilities negotiated by Russia and the US, which supports the opposition, at the end of February.
The Local Co-ordination Committees (LCC), an opposition activist network, reported that Tuesday's air strikes had resulted in multiple casualties in the Maadi, Haidariya and Shaar districts.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring group, said children were among at least 10 people killed when the Bayan hospital was hit.
The Syria Civil Defence, whose volunteer search and rescue workers are known as the White Helmets, said 15 civilians were killed in Shaar and that the hospital was hit by two suspected barrel bombs.
The government has denied that its forces drop barrel bombs - oil barrels, fuel tanks or gas cylinders packed with explosives, fuel, and metal fragments - and other unguided weapons, but their use has been widely documented.
The Independent Doctors Association, which describes itself as a cross-border Syrian humanitarian organisation, said an air strike had hit its children's hospital in Aleppo, destroying one floor.
Almost 740 medical workers have been killed in more than 360 attacks on hospitals and other medical facilities since the uprising against Mr Assad began five years ago, according to Physicians for Human Rights.
In April, an air strike blamed on government forces destroyed a hospital in Aleppo, killing at least 50 people including one of the city's last remaining paediatricians.


Republican presidential candidate Lindsey Graham has said he is dropping out of the race for his party's nomination.

"Today, I'm suspending my campaign for president," the South Carolina senator said in a video posted on YouTube.
The 60-year-old said it had been "a campaign we can be proud of" that was focused on US security.
The senator has performed well in the second-tier televised debates but failed to make an impact in the polls.
When he launched his campaign earlier in the year, the foreign policy hawk emphasised his national security credentials, and he did so again when quitting the race on Monday.
He said the centrepiece of his campaign had been "securing our nation" and he had tried to "turn back the tide of isolationism that has been rising in the Republican Party".
In this he had made enormous progress, he said, because some fellow Republicans had come round to his thinking that more US troops were needed on the ground in Syria and Iraq to fight Islamic State.
Lindsey Graham was one of the most hawkish candidates in the crowded Republican field, favouring a substantial injection of American boots on the ground to combat the militants of Islamic State.
Indeed, his whole presidential pitch turned on his approach to foreign affairs and security, from his place on the Senate Armed Services Committee, where he serves under the chairmanship of his friend and mentor, Senator John McCain.
But despite regular appearances on cable TV and political talk shows, he failed to break out of the group of candidates polling in low single-digit percentages.
In particular, he struggled to win substantial Republican backing after previous attempts to work on immigration reform with Democrats.
When I saw him speak at a Rotarian event in new Hampshire 10 days ago, he was full of self-deprecation, simultaneously spitting blood about the Republican frontrunner Donald Trump, whom he described as a school-yard bully.
We can safely say Senator Graham will not be throwing his modest weight behind Trump for president.
His departure leaves 12 main Republicans left in the contest, six weeks before the battle for each party's nomination begins in Iowa.


Britain's Johanna Konta staged a superb fightback to beat world number two Simona Halep 6-3 3-6 7-5 and reach the quarter-finals of the Wuhan Open.

After winning the first set, Konta looked set for defeat as her Romanian opponent won the second and was 5-1 up in the decisive third.
However Halep had no answer as Konta fought back to progress.
The 24-year-old will next play former world number one Venus Williams for a place in the last four.
Konta becomes the first British woman to beat a world number two since Sue Barker defeated Tracy Austin in 1981.
"It was a very tough match," said Konta.
"Halep played at an unbelievable level. I was really happy I was able to take a few of the chances I created."
Konta, who will replace Heather Watson as British number one, has won 21 of her past 22 matches this season.
She began the year ranked 150th but will pass her compatriot in next week's rankings. Watson is ranked 60th in the world.
Konta came through two rounds of qualifying in Wuhan, joining 19 of the world's top 20 in the main draw, and reached the last 16 after Victoria Azarenka retired with a leg injury.
While no British woman has beaten a world number two for 34 years, there have been some memorable scalps - and some near misses.
British number three Laura Robson defeated Kim Clijsters and Li Na at the 2012 US Open, while Watson came close to beating world number one Serena Williams at Wimbledon this summer.
This year, Konta has twice beaten Wimbledon finalist Garbine Muguruza.
"Playing Venus is a childhood dream," said Konta.
"I feel lucky and humble I get to play so many matches, and be able to win a few of them. There's a lot of hard work behind it. It's not an accident or a click.
"Everything is a process and a journey, and it's nice to be on a high right now.
"I'm not that amazed, overwhelmed or unnecessarily excited about every match. I'm an ambitious person and believe in my own ability.
"But I know how tennis works - there are ups and downs."
Great Britain's Fed Cup coach Judy Murray on BBC Radio 5 live:
"She's put in hard work on the mental side. She has worked at managing her emotions in tight situations. Who would have believed she would transform her game so much in the last nine months? Huge credit to her.
"She can take another big scalp on Thursday. The way she's playing, I wouldn't put anything past her. She's a dangerous opponent for anybody right now."
Former British number one Annabel Croft on BBC Radio 5 live:
"She's been on a meteoric rise since the grass-court season started at Eastbourne. She's a transformed player from the one we saw a year ago. Today was the biggest win of her career by a long way.
"She's a grafter, a lovely girl and appreciative of everything handed out.
"You couldn't wish the success on a nicer person. It proves hard work, graft and application to the task has paid off.
"She has a huge serve and used to have a vulnerable forehand, but that has disappeared. The backhand is a world-class shot. She is also extremely fit. That combination, alongside having a sports psychologist, means she is becoming a formidable opponent for anybody."
Seven-time Grand Slam champion Williams had little trouble reaching the last eight as the American beat Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro 6-3 6-4.
The 35-year-old, who claimed her 700th career victory in the previous round, saw off Navarro in one hour and 29 minutes.


A British medic recruited at least 16 fellow students from the UK to join the Islamic State group, a BBC investigation has found.

Mohammed Fakhri Al-Khabass, from Middlesbrough, was said by his university to have "played a major role" in persuading two groups of Britons to head to Syria this year.
The students were recruited in Sudan where Mr Fakhri had studied.
They are the single largest UK group known to have joined IS militants.
Mr Fakhri is a British Palestinian who grew up in north-east England with his two older brothers. His father worked as an NHS doctor on Teesside.
He started his medical studies at the University of Medical Sciences and Technology (UMST) in Khartoum in 2008.
By 2011 he was president of the University's Islamic Cultural Association (ICA) which became much more radical under his leadership.
A number of students and ex-students at UMST - speaking to the BBC on condition of anonymity - said Mr Fakhri used his role within the ICA to spread a highly-politicised version of Islam. Ultimately, he started dissuading people from pursuing careers in the West.
UMST says Mr Fakhri is now in Syria but one of his brothers has said he believes he is still in Sudan.
His family turned down requests for an interview. However, his father Fakhri Al-Khabass later told journalists his son had brought shame on the family.
Most of the British students at UMST were the children of British-Sudanese parents who are successful UK doctors.
They had sent their children to Khartoum to study medicine because they wanted them to reconnect with their African and Islamic roots, before returning to work as doctors in Britain.
Nine British-Sudanese students and recent graduates disappeared from Khartoum in March, flying to Turkey, and then crossing over to Syria. Seven more followed in June, although two were detained in Turkey and returned to Khartoum.
"Mohammed Fakhri is in Syria and played a major role in recruiting the students who left to [go to] Turkey," said UMST dean Dr Ahmed Babiker Mohamed Zein.
The BBC understands that Mr Fakhri interrupted his studies to spend time in Syria but was able to resume his course when he returned.
One senior student suggested Mr Fakhri had tricked the pupils.
"He used to tell them that you will be serving as doctors on the Turkey-Syrian border and under the name of Islamic State. That's what the students who came back said.
"Until they went and were brought back, they didn't know they were going to any political side in the Syrian war. He used their good intentions."
Two British students who returned - Zubieda Widaa and Ahmed Abdoun - were allowed to resume their studies but were later expelled.
Many of ICA's meetings were uncontroversial, but there are reports it held closed meetings off campus to show harrowing footage of victims of the Syrian regime's bombing of civilians.
Ahmed Sami Khider was one of the Britons targeted. A former student of Wallington County Grammar School in south London and the son of a doctor, he finished his UMST medical degree in July 2014.
One female contemporary described him as "decent, smart, cool and outgoing - never the kind of person who would be speaking or encouraging the idea of jihad or terrorism".
Facebook photographs show a young man having fun. But a source told the BBC he changed in the last year and "withdrew socially a bit".
The next time she saw Mr Khider was in an IS propaganda video released in May, two months after he disappeared with his younger sister Nada.
IS films usually show pictures of masked men posing with guns. This time a softly spoken man was appealing for fellow UK doctors to join him in building a new society.
Sitting behind a desk in a wood-panelled office with a stethoscope around his neck, Mr Khider was serious and subdued.
He said: "There is a really good medical service being provided here, lots of hospitalsâ€¦ paediatric hospitals, with specialised doctors."
At this stage of his career he would normally be a junior doctor. In the film, which shows glossy wards, an MRI scanner and babies in incubators, he is seen teaching students.
He finally addresses the camera, saying: "Dear brothers and sisters, we as Muslims and as doctors have a great responsibility.
"All you are doing is sitting in the West in the comfort of your homes. Use your skills and come here."
His former friend was shocked, saying: "He looked like he was brainwashed or was talking through someone else."
Just weeks after the video emerged, the second batch of British medical students left Khartoum for Syria.
They include Mohammed and Ibrahim Ageed, whose father is an Accident and Emergency consultant in Leicestershire. One of their friends said the brothers were "the most kind-hearted, soft, polite, humble people I've met".
The families are reluctant to attract publicity but, talking anonymously or through intermediaries, they have made it clear they are angry with Mr Fakhri.
Many also feel UMST has failed in its duty by not providing enough pastoral care or extra-curricular activities.
One family member said of the university: "Its lacklustre attitude in student care, social activities and attention is as much at fault here."
UMST disputes such an impression, saying it has worked hard to eliminate radicalisation on campus. But the UK Foreign Office is now working with UMST and other universities in Khartoum to prevent further problems.
According to Manni Adbel Karim Ibrahim, a British-Sudanese youth worker in London, western Muslim students are particularly vulnerable to IS recruiters.
He says: "If you don't understand Islam and you don't know the answer to the questions or points they're putting to you... you can easily be taken in by what they say."
Meanwhile, another ex-UMST student warned the issue of people heading to Syria was only one part of the problem.
"From what I've heard there are IS supporters who have not left, and intend on coming back to the UK to work with the NHS - for whatever reason. "


A 20-year-old man who died in a two-car crash near Southampton had been man of the match for his rugby team earlier in the day, his family has said.

Macaulay Campbell, known as Mac, was driving a Volkswagen Lupo which collided with a BMW on the A3057 between Nursling and Romsey late on Saturday evening.
He was pronounced dead the scene.
A family statement said he was "a truly loving and active young man in the prime of his life."
The male driver and female passenger of the BMW 520 were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police have appealed for witnesses.
Mr Campbell's family said he had won a match playing for Romsey Rugby Club earlier on Saturday.
"He enjoyed his work as an apprentice fitter with Sparkes of Totton and he loved his sport, especially rugby," a statement said.
Romsey Rugby Club issued a statement which described him as a "bright and loved Romsey star".
"He was an excellent player and a great guy around the club," it added.


West Brom midfielder James McClean has signed a new contract committing him to the club until 2019.

The Republic of Ireland winger's deal includes an option, in the club's favour, to extend it by a further year.
McClean, 27, has had his deal confirmed six days after goalkeeper Ben Foster signed a new two-and-a-half-year contract.
"He's been a good signing for the club," Baggies head coach Tony Pulis told BBC WM.
"He's solid. He's scatty at times but he's good in the dressing room. He's a great lad to have around the place."
The midfielder signed for Albion from Wigan Athletic in June 2015 for a fee in the region of £1.5m.
Pulis said that getting both McClean and Foster to commit to the club before the opening of the January transfer window represented excellent work.
"We've got a really good spirit in the dressing room," he said. "We don't give up now."
Albion lie ninth in the Premier League, a point behind Southampton, who they visit on New Year's Eve.


Sir Tim Smit has signed a contract to build an Eden Project on the east coast of China.

Costing an estimated Â£100m, it would dwarf the original domed biomes built on the site of a former clay pit in  southwest England.
He said it would be an "iconic building" to demonstrate the region's commitment to sustainability.
The site at Qingdao is mid-way between Beijing and Shanghai, where the water sports were held in the 2008 Olympics.
A contract to build a "China Eden" was signed after a meeting in London between executives from the original Cornish venue and business leaders in the UK for China's state visit.
This will be the Eden Project's first big overseas building venture. The educational charity has been in discussions with the Chinese for two years.
The China Eden will be developed in partnership with China Jinmao Holdings Limited.
Preparing to address delegates at the Bristol Business Summit, the co-founder of the Eden Project told BBC News that he was tremendously excited to be working with the Chinese.
"Qingdao was a German colony. So it's like a little Munich, completely untouched, because it didn't have the vagaries of the cultural revolution happening," Sir Tim said.
"We are going to be building on a new part of the city that will make a complete horseshoe.
"If you imagine the site that the Sydney Opera House occupies - well, it's that kind of site. We are going to construct an iconic building to demonstrate Qingdao's commitment to sustainability."
He added that it had the potential to be instantly recognisable worldwide.
Since the original Eden Project opened in Cornwall in 2001, more than 16 million people have visited and it has reportedly generated Â£1.6bn for the wider economy.
Sir Tim said it was important to be engaging with China, to look beyond the stereotyp
He described China's development over the last 50 years, to lift the vast majority of its population out of poverty, as "the most staggering act of development in the history humankind".
He said: "They have had to get there by taking some huge risks. They have knowingly sacrificed the environment.  Their best guess is that they should change from being a huge growth economy in terms of consumerism, to being a huge growth economy in terms of sustainable development.
"The health issues in China are very significant as a reason of environmental degradation. So they know that.
"The young Chinese are hugely exciting because they recognise the challenge and they think they are up for it; and the Eden Project - and what we stand for - sits very comfortably within their vision of the future for China.
"They believe they need a number of iconic places that, in effect, symbolise that change."


Thousands of blue blubber jellyfish have washed up at an Australian beach, surprising locals and marine experts.

Charlotte Lawson, 24, took photos of the jellyfish at Queensland's Deception Bay after noticing an unusual colour in the water.
"[When] we got closer we realised it was jellyfish," she told the BBC. "It was like bubble wrap across the beach."
Although a common sight on Australia's east coast, the mildly venomous marine stinger is rarely seen in such numbers.
Marine biologist Lisa-Ann Gershwin said she gasped when she saw the pictures.
"It's like wallpaper," she said. "They are just cheek by jowl. They are packed so tightly. It's a sea of blue."
Dr Gershwin said the phenomenon was probably caused by a combination of factors including warmer waters, abundant nutrients and an absence of predators.
Northerly winds and tide conditions may have also contributed, she said.
Ms Lawson said she had never seen so many jellyfish. They had started to smell "pretty rank", attracting complaints from locals, she said.
Dr Gershwin said she expected the jellyfish to dry out on the sand and be eaten by birds.
The Sunshine Coast Daily reported that recent strong north-easterly winds had contributed to a spike in jellyfish sightings.
According to Surf Life Saving Queensland, more than 22,800 swimmers were treated for stings by another jellyfish species, the bluebottle, on the Sunshine Coast from 1 December to 31 January.
Dr Dan Capps said he treated three dogs for stings at his Sunshine Coast veterinary clinic at the weekend.
"We've had a prevalence of bluebottle jellyfish and other fire-type stingers on the Sunshine Coast," Dr Capps told the BBC.
"Some dogs have been eating them and its a very painful experience for them."
Reporting by the BBC's Greg Dunlop


A man has been charged with firearms offences following a 10-hour siege at a flat in Leicester.

Armed police officers and negotiators were called to Keightley Road at about 07:00 GMT and suspect David Bourassa was arrested that afternoon.
The 40-year-old, from the same street, has been charged with two counts of possession of a firearm.
He was also charged with possession with intent to supply cannabis.
Mr Bourassa is due to appear at Leicester Magistrates' Court on Monday.
A 48-year-old woman was found unharmed in the flat, which is in the New Parks area.