Summary

  • Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says she should have been freed six years ago, in her first news conference since being released from Iran last week

  • The British-Iranian woman who always denied espionage also tells of the "very emotional moment" she was reunited with her husband and daughter

  • She says she understands what Morad Tahbaz, a British-US national still being held in Iran, is going through

  • Nazanin's husband Richard says it is "nice to be retiring" after the success of his campaign for her release

  • Another British-Iranian, retired civil engineer Anoosheh Ashoori from London, was also freed and allowed to return home

  • The UK government last week settled a historical £400m debt owed to Iran over a cancelled 1970s order for British tanks

Live Reporting

Edited by Rob Corp

  1. Nazanin press conference at 12:00 GMT

    Nazanin Zaghari-RatcliffeFamily handout

    Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe will appear in front of the world’s press today for the first time since her release from Iran.

    The 43-year-old returned home last week having been detained for nearly six years by the Iranian government.

    She will give a press conference at midday from the UK Parliament alongside her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, who campaigned tirelessly to secure her release.

    We will bring you all the updates here, so do stay with us.