Detained British-Iranian Mother Allowed to Return to UK After 6 Years: Lawmaker

Detained British-Iranian Mother Allowed to Return to UK After 6 Years: Lawmaker
British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is seen in an undated photograph handed out by her family. Ratcliffe Family Handout via Reuters
Alexander Zhang
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British-Iranian mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is about to leave Iran where she has been detained since 2016, according to her MP and her legal representative.

Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 43, a project manager with the Thomson Reuters Foundation, was arrested at a Tehran airport in April 2016 as she prepared to head back to Britain with her daughter after a family visit. She was later jailed after being convicted of plotting to overthrow Iran’s clerical establishment, and was not allowed to leave Iran even after her release from prison.