Iran returns passport of detained charity worker, UK MP says

Detained British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been in Iranian custody since 2016 on suspicion of being a spy, has had her passport returned, according to her local MP.

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq said Zaghari-Ratcliffe had been given her passport and according to her understanding a negotiating team is currently in Iran.

"I am very pleased to say that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been given her British passport back," Siddiq tweeted.

"I also understand that there is a British negotiating team in Tehran right now," she added.

Source: DW