Gabriella was not yet two when her mother was arrested. Photo: Tulip Siddiq / Twitter
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe reunited with her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, and their daughter, Gabriella, after being held for six years in Iran. Photo: @TulipSiddiq via Twitter
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Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori, centre, with their families. Photo: @lilika49 via Twitter
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her daughter at RAF Brize Norton airbase. EPA
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her daughter Gabriella, husband Richard and British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss at RAF Brize Norton. EPA
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori were released in March 2022. Reuters
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Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Mr Ashoori with the cabin crew in Brize Norton. Reuters
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Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Mr Ashoori as their plane flies over London. Reuters
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Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe sits in a plane en route to London after taking off from Teheran. Reuters
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Mr Ashoori gestures as he sits in the plane heading to London. Reuters
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Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in Tehran in April 2016 as she prepared to fly back to the UK, having taken her daughter Gabriella to see relatives. AFP
She was accused of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government and sentenced to five years in jail, spending four years in Tehran’s Evin Prison and one under house arrest. Photo: Tulip Siddiq / Twitter
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Richard Ratcliffe with daughter Gabriella outside their house in London on Wednesday. AFP
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Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Mr Ashoori arrive in Oman en route to the UK. Photo: @badralbusaidi / Twitter
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Mr Ratcliffe went on a hunger strike in October 2021 in protest at the UK government’s failure to secure his wife's release. AFP
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Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe boards a plane as she prepares to leave Tehran. Reuters
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Mr Ratcliffe told the media that the family plan to find solace elsewhere for a few days. Reuters
Gabriella was not yet two when her mother was arrested. Photo: Tulip Siddiq / Twitter
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe reunited with her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, and their daughter, Gabriella, after being held for six years in Iran. Photo: @TulipSiddiq via Twitter
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Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori, centre, with their families. Photo: @lilika49 via Twitter
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her daughter at RAF Brize Norton airbase. EPA
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe with her daughter Gabriella, husband Richard and British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss at RAF Brize Norton. EPA
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori were released in March 2022. Reuters
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Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Mr Ashoori with the cabin crew in Brize Norton. Reuters
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Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Mr Ashoori as their plane flies over London. Reuters
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Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe sits in a plane en route to London after taking off from Teheran. Reuters
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Mr Ashoori gestures as he sits in the plane heading to London. Reuters
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Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe was arrested in Tehran in April 2016 as she prepared to fly back to the UK, having taken her daughter Gabriella to see relatives. AFP
She was accused of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government and sentenced to five years in jail, spending four years in Tehran’s Evin Prison and one under house arrest. Photo: Tulip Siddiq / Twitter
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Richard Ratcliffe with daughter Gabriella outside their house in London on Wednesday. AFP
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Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Mr Ashoori arrive in Oman en route to the UK. Photo: @badralbusaidi / Twitter
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Mr Ratcliffe went on a hunger strike in October 2021 in protest at the UK government’s failure to secure his wife's release. AFP
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Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe boards a plane as she prepares to leave Tehran. Reuters
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Mr Ratcliffe told the media that the family plan to find solace elsewhere for a few days. Reuters
Gabriella was not yet two when her mother was arrested. Photo: Tulip Siddiq / Twitter
UK thanks Oman for help securing Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release
UK says Oman provided 'invaluable assistance'
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