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Related: About this forumNazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on way home to UK. UPDATE: Now back in the UK
Last edited Thu Mar 17, 2022, 12:39 AM - Edit history (2)
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman detained in Iran nearly six years ago, is on her way to the UK, her MP has said.
Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was at the airport in Tehran, Tulip Siddiq told BBC News.
She is in a holding room with fellow British-Iranian detainee Anoosheh Ashoori, she said.
Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in 2016 - accused of plotting to overthrow Iran's government, which she denied.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60756870
Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was at the airport in Tehran, Tulip Siddiq told BBC News.
She is in a holding room with fellow British-Iranian detainee Anoosheh Ashoori, she said.
Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in 2016 - accused of plotting to overthrow Iran's government, which she denied.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-60756870
Latest reports from a number of sources are that her plane has now taken off safely.
No doubt Johnson and Truss will preen and gloat later when she finally lands, but nobody should forget that her captivity might have ended years ago had Johnson not opened his stupid gob at the wrong moment, and even then, her and her family's ordeal could have almost certainly been cut short if the government had settled its debt to Iran earlier.
UPDATE
Link to tweet
Alex Tiffin
@RespectIsVital
NEW - The moment you have all been waiting for!
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashouri reunited with their families.
#NazaninIsFree
[Twitter video]
@RespectIsVital
NEW - The moment you have all been waiting for!
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashouri reunited with their families.
#NazaninIsFree
[Twitter video]
It looks like the Ratcliffes' reunion took place behind the privacy screens, but here they are:
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on way home to UK. UPDATE: Now back in the UK (Original Post)
Emrys
Mar 2022
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Celerity
(42,637 posts)1. wonderful news!!!
LeftishBrit
(41,190 posts)2. Good news after so long!
Anoosheh Ansari too.
Emrys
(7,187 posts)3. Yes! Thanks. That hadn't been reported when I posted the OP. n/t