SUSANNA Reid choked up today as she watched the emotional moment Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was reunited with her young daughter after six years as a prisoner of Iran.
Overjoyed Nazanin, 44, was filmed hugging and kissing Gabriella, seven, after touching down at RAF Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, at 1am today.
In 2016 she was jailed for 'plotting to overthrow the Iranian government', which she and her family vehemently deny. Her release from Tehran followed tense negotiations by the UK and Iranian governments after years of campaigning by Nazanin's devoted husband Richard, 45.
With her voice wavering on today Good Morning Britain, Susanna said: “Richard Ratcliffe made the decision to openly campaign, to go on hunger strike. “He had been warned it could risk Nazanin’s life and the risk that he took in order to speak out was hugely courageous and as a result brought everyone with him.
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