Two Iranian-British citizens who have been imprisoned in Iran were released this morning and are heading back home. Early reports were confirmed in a tweet by British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, a charity worker, and Anoosheh Ashouri, an engineer, are reportedly on an airplane after departing Imam Khomeini Airport in Tehran. Zaghari-Ratcliffe was detained in 2016 and Ashouri was detained in 2017. Both were charged with politically motivated crimes, according to international human rights organizations.