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  • 12:53

    British citizen freed after more than 5 years in Iranian prison

    British national Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is on her way to the UK after being freed by Iranian authorities.

    Ratcliffe was freed as part of a deal in which the UK agreed to repay a €400 million debt and release an Iranian held by British authorities.

    Ratcliffe had spent the last months at her parents' residence in Iran, awaiting a decision to sentence her to an additional year in prison after spending the last five in a local jail despite maintaining her innocence and claiming she was used as a bargaining chip in negotiations.