Boris Johnson will meet Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Downing Street this afternoon.
The prime minister’s spokesperson confirmed Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was held captive for six years in Iran, will be accompanied by her husband Richard Ratcliffe and daughter Gabriella.
Other foreign office officials will also be present at the meeting, which will be their first since Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s return to the UK.
Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 43, and fellow British-Iranian national Anoosheh Ashoori, 67, were released in March after the UK agreed to settle a £400m debt with Tehran dating from 1979.
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Ahead of the meeting, the PM’s spokesperson said: “We’ve said previously that the prime minister was open to meeting both Nazanin as well as Mr (Anoosheh) Ashoori.
“It is something we have been trying to arrange. I’ve set out that he is going to welcome her to Downing Street to discuss her ordeal in Iran.”
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