The mother-of-one, whose husband Richard has long campaigned for her release, left Iran with fellow British-Iranian Anoosheh Ashoori, 67, on Wednesday after their release was secured.
Sharing photographs from the flight on Twitter Stephanie Al-Qaq, director for the Middle East and North Africa at the Foreign Office, said there was “relief and joy” as the British-Iranians and officials left Tehran.
We look at a round up of the images that capture their emotional return to Britain.
We look at a round up of the images that capture their emotional return to Britain.
![Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori. Mr Ashoori, who was detained in Evin prison for almost five years, was accused of spying.](https://www.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjg1ZGM2Zjk3LTRmMDctNGQ1Yy1hMTAzLWNlYzNhNTJkMWMxNDpmNTMxNGMzNy1mNTVkLTRiYzQtOTk5NS01Yzc1MTZjMjYwZjQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori. Mr Ashoori, who was detained in Evin prison for almost five years, was accused of spying. Photo: Leon Neal
![Screengrab of a tweet posted by Elika Ashoori of her father Anoosheh Ashoori and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe being reunited with their families at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, after they were freed from detention by Iranian authorities. Issue date: Thursday March 17, 2022.](https://www.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjVkYTM1NTZiLTBjY2EtNDRhNC1iMDQzLWJmOTI3M2NmNDAxMjo2NzAwMDY2MS1jODY0LTRlYTUtYWYyMy1jN2ZiYTg5MTgzODI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Screengrab of a tweet posted by Elika Ashoori
Screengrab of a tweet posted by Elika Ashoori of her father Anoosheh Ashoori and Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe being reunited with their families at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, after they were freed from detention by Iranian authorities. Issue date: Thursday March 17, 2022. Photo: Elika Ashoori
![Screen grab from the Twitter feed of Rebecca Ratcliffe @Rebecca_Jones2 of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe being reunited with her husband Richard Ratcliffe and their daughter Gabrielle at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire.](https://www.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjUxNWRlZWFmLTNjYmMtNGZlMi1hYjQ2LTQyOTYxOTZlOTk0YjpjZmFlNTY0Ni0wNTBhLTQ5MDEtODRjYS04MTdmNGE0MmI3MGE=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. Screen grab from the Twitter feed of Rebecca Ratcliffe @Rebecca_Jones2
Screen grab from the Twitter feed of Rebecca Ratcliffe @Rebecca_Jones2 of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe being reunited with her husband Richard Ratcliffe and their daughter Gabrielle at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. Photo: @Rebecca_Jones2/Twitter
![Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s seven-year-old daughter Gabriella was heard asking “is that mummy?” and again shouted “mummy” as her mother walked down the plane’s stairs.](https://www.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjcwMTc5Y2U1LTQzNGEtNGNlZC1iMDg2LTNlNTQzNjIxMWNlMTozOWNlOTRkYi1lMDE4LTRkNjItODljZi04NDBmOGZlYjkwM2E=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe arrives at Brize Norton.
Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s seven-year-old daughter Gabriella was heard asking “is that mummy?” and again shouted “mummy” as her mother walked down the plane’s stairs. Photo: Leon Neal