UK aid worker asks why she was left in Iran for six years

FILE PHOTO: British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was freed from Iran, looks on after landing at RAF Brize Norton military airbase in Brize Norton, Britain, March 17, 2022. Leon Neal/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) -Aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe accused Britain and Iran on Monday of treating her like a political pawn, saying it should not have taken six years for London to secure her release from detention in Tehran.

Appearing at a news conference in parliament in London, the 44-year-old said she would always be haunted by her time in prison but would slowly work to rebuild her life with her daughter, 7, and husband away from the spotlight.