'Until she leaves that airport, we can't quite believe it' Rebecca Ratcliffe, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's sister-in-law, says Nazanin is 'still under Iranian control in the airport...so she's still not free. But it definitely feels like she's about to be'
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman detained in Iran nearly six years ago, has been freed and is on her way to the UK, her MP has said.
The 43-year-old was arrested in 2016 and accused of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government, which she denied.She had been under house arrest and wasHer husband Richard Ratcliffe, who lives with their six-year-old daughter Gabriella in Hampstead, London, had campaigned for her release, including by"It feels like we're on the home run now but until she leaves that airport we can't believe it," she said, adding that she had spoken to Mr Ratcliffe.
She said Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been picked up and taken to the airport with her parents, who were not allowed in a holding room with her because she was "still under Iranian control in the airport"."She's still not free. But it definitely feels like she's about to be," she said. Earlier Ms Siddiq, Labour's MP for Hampstead and Kilburn in London, said Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been "dreaming" about the day she could return to the UK.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss told BBC Breakfast that securing her freedom, and the freedom of other dual national detainees - like
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