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British Aid Worker Freed by Iran After Being Held Since 2016

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe will arrive in the U.K. Wednesday
U.K. also paid longstanding 398-million-pound military debt

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe — Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Source: Zaghari-Ratcliffe Family/AP Photo

By

Kitty Donaldson,

Arsalan Shahla, and

Yasna Haghdoost

March 16, 2022, 10:41 AM UTCUpdated onMarch 16, 2022, 3:18 PM UTC

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian charity worker detained by Iran since 2016, has been freed and will return to the U.K. later on Wednesday, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said.