About New Year
New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one. Many cultures celebrate the event in some manner and the 1st day of January is often marked as a national holiday.
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Who is Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and why was she jailed in Iran?
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been released by Iran and is flying back to the UK.
The British-Iranian had been detained in April 2016, and spent nearly Six Years in detention for allegedly plotting against the Iranian government.
What is the latest development?The Foreign Secretary has confirmed that Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe is flying to the UK, via Oman.
Hopes for her release had been raised yesterday after news that she had been given back her British Passport .
, Another dual national held by Iran, has also been released and is on the same flight.
Another dual national, Morad Tahbaz , has been released from jail on furlough, But remains in Iran.
Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who is 43, has dual British and Iranian citizenship, and before her arrest lived in London with her husband Richard Ratcliffe, who is an accountant.
She worked as a Project Manager for The Charity Thomson Reuters Foundation and was previously employed by BBC Media Action, an international development charity.
What was she accused of?Iranian authorities alleged Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was plotting to topple the government in Tehran - But no official charges were made public.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said she was leading a " foreign-linked hostile network" when she visited.
She says she had been taking Her Daughter Gabriella, now six, to celebrate the Iranian New Year and visit her parents.
Both the Thomson Reuters Foundation and BBC Media Action issued statements saying she was not working in Iran But was On Holiday there.
In April 2021, after spending The Final year of her term On Parole at her parents' home in Tehran , Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe and a one-year travel ban, after being found guilty of propaganda against the Iranian government.
Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe against her second conviction.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss denounced the decision as " an appalling continuation of the cruel ordeal" The Mother was going through.
What has the UK government done?Successive foreign secretaries led unsuccessful efforts to secure Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release.
Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe's husband says she was told she was being held in order to force the UK into settling a multi-million pound dispute, which dates back to the 1970s.
Iran claimed that the UK owed a £400m debt, relating to a cancelled order for 1,500 Chieftain tanks.
Announcing Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe's release, Ms Truss said The Debt had been settled " in parallel" and " in full compliance with UK and international sanctions and all legal obligations".
She Said that negotiations had been taking place over The Past few months with Iran, and with The Help of The Gulf state of Oman.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: A detention timelineWhat has Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe said?Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has mostly spoken publicly through her husband.
According to Mr Ratcliffe, she missed Her Daughter " all the time" and was in a " pretty fragile" state of Mental Health .
, published in October 2019, Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe said weekly visits from Her Daughter had sustained her during her imprisonment.
Writing before Gabriella returned to the UK to start school, She Said the thought of being unable to hold her child was " the deepest torture of them all".
Source of news: bbc.com
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