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.
![A car carrying Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and family leaves at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, after she was freed from detention by Iranian authorities, bringing to an end her six-year ordeal following her arrest in 2016 in Tehran on spying charges - allegations she has always denied.](https://www.scotsman.com/webimg/b25lY21zOjFiYzE5N2UxLWEwYWUtNDkwNy05MDQ4LTEwNTk1N2Q0Yjk0Yzo3NmNjYTNhNy0xN2M4LTQyNzgtYTk3OC1iNzEwYTg3NzM1NTM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
9. A car carrying Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and family leaves at RAF Brize Norton
A car carrying Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and family leaves at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, after she was freed from detention by Iranian authorities, bringing to an end her six-year ordeal following her arrest in 2016 in Tehran on spying charges - allegations she has always denied. Photo: Steve Parsons