Video shows British-Iranian aid worker bursting into tears as she embraces family after touching down on UK soil.
You have made us whole.” Thank you to everyone who made this possible, to all of the care and campaigning, and diplomatic efforts. Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe is out of shot but can be heard sobbing as her daughter runs towards her as she enters the room where her husband Richard Ratcliffe is also eagerly awaiting her return at the air base in Oxfordshire.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe will return to Britain today after being detained in Iran since April 2016, the foreign secretary Liz Truss has confirmed.
Now, we can look forward to rebuilding those same foundations with our cornerstone back in place." The full terms of the settlement will remain confidential. They have faced hardship that no family should ever experience and this is a moment of great relief. I pay tribute to my predecessors and the Prime Minister, who have all worked hard to resolve this issue. He told broadcasters that he was "deeply grateful" for her release and that he and their daughter Gabriella, who had been "singing and playing the piano all morning" following the news of her mother's return, were "looking forward to a new life". "They will be reunited with their families later today.
'Nazanin says Gabriella has been like an extra limb. She's constantly beside her and brimming with excitement,' MP Tulip Siddiqi shared with i.
The MP said that Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe was keen to get to know her daughter, after not seeing her for so many years. Could my constituents have been saved this struggle?” “Could this have been done differently? Over the years Gabriella, seven, experienced endless broken promises that Nazanin was coming home. “I saw Richard in Parliament and then he was then taken to the airport in a Foreign Office car with Gabriella. “Yesterday was very tense,” Ms Siddiq, the MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, told i.
Tears of joy were shed as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori reunited with their family after years of a “long and cruel separation”
To her utter surprise, at the end of the questioning, and there were some scare tactics in there, she was given her British passport back. “Bearing in mind she hasn’t seen her British passport since the 23rd of April 2016. The moment Richard, Nazanin and Gabriella finally reunited after 6 long years. She then carried the little girl in her arms as they were surrounded by other family members. She said: “She was contacted by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards in Iran over the weekend and asked to come in for questioning, and quite apprehensive – she messaged me before she went. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe then appeared in the video and hugged and kissed her daughter, and asked her “Do I smell nice?” before holding her hands.
British-Iranian Anoosheh Ashoori also returned to RAF Brize Norton in the early hours of Thursday morning.
“Bearing in mind she hasn’t seen her British passport since the 23rd of April 2016. To her utter surprise, at the end of the questioning, and there were some scare tactics in there, she was given her British passport back. We didn’t think he was coming home, because he wasn’t under house arrest, he was actually in Evin prison.” Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has touched down on British soil for the first time since she was detained in Iran six years ago. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has touched down on British soil for the first time since she was detained in Iran six years ago. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe arrived at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire just after 1am on Thursday morning.
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You have made us whole.” Thank you to everyone who made this possible, to all of the care and campaigning, and diplomatic efforts. Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe is out of shot but can be heard sobbing as her daughter runs towards her as she enters the room where her husband Richard Ratcliffe is also eagerly awaiting her return at the air base in Oxfordshire.
British-Iranian nationals Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori touched down on British soil at RAF Brize Norton just after 1am.
That condemned Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Mr Ashoori to several months more of confinement. This has shut out the country from international payment networks and made it illegal to do business with its government. The project manager for the Thomson Reuters foundation was sentenced to a further year in prison and a year-long travel ban on charges of propaganda and against the government last April. They then chatted and waved to photographers as they walked from the aircraft to a reception area at the airport. As Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 43, and Mr Ashoori, 67, touched down in the early hours, he appeared to be taking selfies with the pilots in the cockpit of the plane while they waited to disembark. You have made us whole.”
Tears of joy were shed as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori reunited with their family after years of a “long and cruel separation”
To her utter surprise, at the end of the questioning, and there were some scare tactics in there, she was given her British passport back. “Bearing in mind she hasn’t seen her British passport since the 23rd of April 2016. She then carried the little girl in her arms as they were surrounded by other family members. This picture makes me so happy and so proud of all 3 of my brave constituents. She said: “She was contacted by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards in Iran over the weekend and asked to come in for questioning, and quite apprehensive – she messaged me before she went. “It was only when we heard that the wheels were up in Tehran that we really knew it was happening,” she said. The moment Richard, Nazanin and Gabriella finally reunited after 6 long years. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Mr Ashoori were initially taken to the Gulf state of Oman, which has been closely involved in the behind-the-scenes negotiations to secure their freedom. Tears of joy were shed as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori reunited with their family after years of a “long and cruel separation” Thank you everyone for your constant support for this incredible family. Tears of joy were shed as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori reunited with their family after years of a “long and cruel separation” Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe then appeared in the video and hugged and kissed her daughter, and asked her “Do I smell nice?” before holding her hands.
Nazanin-Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a dual British-Iranian national, has been released from custody in Iran, and is making her way home to the UK.
When asked about the it yesterday, the Foreign Secretary commented that we were ‘looking for ways to pay it’ and that the debt was ‘legitimate’. Unsurprisingly, Margaret Thatcher was hardly keen to hand over weaponry or cash to a regime that considers Britain the “Little Satan”. The debt has been a point of tension ever since. One of the reasons used to justify Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s detention has been a £400 million debt owed by the British government dating back to the 1970s.