NAZANIN ZAGHARI-RATCLIFFE was said to be on her way home today after six years imprisoned in Iran.
The mother-of-one was booked on a flight from Tehran along with British-Iranian businessman Anoosheh Ashoori, their lawyer Hojjat Kermani said. It follows days of reported tense negotiations between the UK Government and Iran over the release of British nationals detained in the country.
Their ordeal in Iran appeared to be finally coming to an end, barring a last-minute surprise hitch.
Her MP, Labour's Tulip Siddiq, said today: “Nazanin is at the airport in Tehran and on her way home. I came into politics to make a difference, and right now I'm feeling like I have."
Mrs. Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who holds dual British-Iranian citizenship, was arrested in 2016 on trumped-up charges of plotting against the regime. She served five years in an Iranian prison and has spent the past year on parole at her parents' home in Tehran in fear she could be sent back to jail at any time.
Iranian authorities arrested Mr. Ashoori in August 2017 when he went to the country to visit his mother.
They have always protested their innocence.
Mrs. Zaghari-Ratcliffe was yesterday handed back her British passport and was reportedly told a flight would be “arranged for her” today so she could finally rejoin her husband Richard and daughter Gabriella, seven, at their home in Hampstead.
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