Iran frees jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, her lawyer says

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's five-year jail term expires today 

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Iran has released British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, her lawyer Hojjat Kermani told Iranian website Emtedad on Sunday, after her five years sentence for plotting to overthrow the clerical establishment.

"She was pardoned by Iran’s Supreme Leader last year, but spent the last year of her term under house arrest with electronic shackles tied to her feet. Now they’re cast off," Mr Kermani told the website. "She has been freed." 

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