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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe travels back to the UK after six-year detention in Iran

Guardian, 16 Mar 2022
British-Iranian dual national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been released by Iran and is returning to the UK on Wednesday to be reunited with her family. 
Anoosheh Ashoori will also be returning to the UK after being detained, and a third dual national, Morad Tahbaz, has been released from prison on furlough, the British foreign secretary, Liz Truss, has said.
The announcement brings an end to a six-year ordeal for Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was arrested in 2016 in Tehran on spying charges – allegations she has always denied
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