British-Iranian nationals Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori will return to the UK today after years in Iranian prisons, UK foreign secretary, Liz Truss confirmed.
Liz Truss further disclosed that the UK has also “settled” a £400m debt it owed Iran for more than 40 years.
Iran has agreed the money can only be used to purchase humanitarian goods, she added.
The pair will return to the UK today after their lawyer earlier said they were on the way to the airport in Tehran.
Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a charity worker from Hampstead, northwest London, had been detained since her arrest in 2016 on charges of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government, which she denies.
Retired civil engineer Mr Ashoori, 67, was arrested in Iran in 2017 while visiting his mother, and was jailed for 10 years on spying charges.
