Iranian authorities have returned t𒁏he passport of a UK woman who has been detained in the country for almost six years, raising hopes of progr𒆙ess in negotiations toward her release.
Charity worker Nazani🤡n Zaghari-Ratcliffe remains at her parents' home in Tehran, said Tulip Siddiq, her local lawmaker in the UK.
“I also understand that there is a British negotiating🉐 team in Tehran right now,'' Siddiq said 📖on Twitter.
“I will keep posting updates as I get them.”
ﷺZaghari-Ratcliffe, who has dual UK-Iranian citizenship, served five years in prison after being taken into custody at Tehran's airport in April 2016.
She was later convicte🔜d of plotting the overthrow of Iran's government, a ch🥃arge that she, her supporters and rights groups deny.
She has been held under house arrest and unable to l💦eave the country since her release.
Zagharꦚi-Ratcliffe's local lawyer, Hojjat Kermani, also told The Associated Press she had received her British passport. However, Kermani said she remained banned from leaving the country.
“We ho🌠pe that these negotiations will be concluded soon,” he said.
With PTI inputs.
