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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Saphora Smith

‘It still doesn’t feel real’: Wife of freed Iran detainee welcomes him home after five years

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The wife of the British-Iranian man who returned to the UK this week after being imprisoned in Iran for nearly five years has said she is extremely happy and relieved to have her husband home.

Sherry Izadi, the wife of Anoosheh Ashoori, told The Independent that the nightmare she had been living through while her husband was imprisoned had been replaced by a “euphoric” dream-like feeling.

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