Iranian British Mother Arrives Home After 6 Years Detained in Iran

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (R) and Anoosheh Ashoori, who were freed from Iran, disembark after landing at RAF Brize Norton, in England, on March 17, 2022. Leon Neal/Getty Images

Iranian British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was reunited with her family on the morning of March 17, six years after she was detained in Iran.

She and Anoosheh Ashoori, another Iranian British detainee, touched down on British soil at RAF Brize Norton at just after 1 a.m. local time.