David Lammy responds to release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori

David Lammy MP, Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary, responding to confirmation that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori have been freed from detention in Iran, said:

“The release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori is wonderful news that is long overdue.

“It is shameful that for years the Iranian government used the freedom of British nationals as political bargaining chips.

“The British government must learn its own lessons over how Boris Johnson’s bungling diplomacy at times made the situation worse.

“We pay tribute to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Anoosheh Ashoori, and their families who showed extraordinary strength and courage in the face of an unimaginable ordeal. Now they finally have the freedom they deserve.”