UK lawmaker: Zaghari-Ratcliffe at airport to leave Iran
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A British lawmaker says that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been detained in Iran for nearly six years, is at Tehran’s airport preparing to leave the country
LONDON -- Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian dual national who has been detained in Iran for nearly six years, is at Tehran's airport preparing to leave the country, a U.K. lawmaker said Wednesday. Iranian state media reported that Britain had “settled a long-overdue debt” of $530 million.
Zaghari-Ratcliffe was given back her British passport over the weekend, raising hopes that her long ordeal was coming to a close.
"Nazanin is at the airport in Tehran and on her way home," tweeted U.K. lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, who represents Zaghari-Ratcliffe's constituency and has tirelessly pressed for her release. “I came into politics to make a difference, and right now I’m feeling like I have.’’
Iranian state media said that Britain had “settled a long-overdue debt of $530 million to Tehran." Iran’s English-language broadcaster Press TV made the announcement as Zaghari-Ratcliffe was allowed to travel to the airport with British officials.
