PM Johnson says Britain will do all it can to secure permanent release of Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks with church leaders during a visit to a COVID-19 vaccination centre at a North London church, Jesus House for All The Nations, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, March 7, 2021. Geoff Pugh/Pool via REUTERS

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged on Sunday to do all he could to secure the permanent release of British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.

"Pleased to see the removal of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s ankle tag, but her continued confinement remains totally unacceptable," Johnson said on Twitter. "She must be released permanently so she can return to her family in the UK, and we continue to do all we can to achieve this."

(Reporting by Elizabeth Piper; Editing by Catherine Evans)