Smiling Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been pictured on a plane heading back to the UK after being freed from Iran.
The British-Iranian mum-of-one, who had her passport returned yesterday, is set to soon be reunited with her daughter and husband.
Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained in the Middle East for nearly six years after being arrested while taking her daughter to see her family.
She was accused of plotting to overthrow the Iranian government, which she denied.
Nazanin was released along with dual national Anousheh Ashouri. She is now on a flight from Muscat, Oman, to RAF Brize Norton, in Oxfordshire.
Her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, told reporters today his family would need time for a "recovery process" once his wife returns home, but added her first request was for a cup of tea.
Meanwhile, Boris Johnson said it was 'fantastic news' that Nazanin had been released.
Mr Ratcliffe told broadcasters: "There will probably be a couple of days of peace and quiet somewhere else, and then back here.
"The first thing she wanted was for me to make her a cup of tea, so we will do (that).
"I think actually we were looking at the house and it needs a bit of tidying, so there might be a bit of tidying, perhaps directed by mummy when she comes back."
He added: "There is a recovery process - you can’t get back the time that is gone, that’s a fact.
"But we live in the future and not the past, so we’ll take it one day at a time."
Ratcliffe was asked if hugging his wife when she returns would make all the "hardship worthwhile".
He replied: "I’m not sure it was all worthwhile. I think it is going to be the beginning of a new life, a normal life, and hopefully a happy family."
"And there will be bumps, no doubt, and all the normal squabbles we had before but, yeah, I think we’re really looking forward to seeing her."
Ratcliffe - who has previously slammed the former Foreign Office for its failure to negotiate his wife's release sooner - used his interview with the broadcaster to thank those who stood by him and to say Westminster should "learn the lessons" to stop it happening again.
He said: "Thank you. This wouldn’t have happened today without all the care and support of people up and down the country. That’s ordinary people, important people, people in the media, people in politics, some celebrities.
"It’s been a cruel experience, in some ways. But it has also been an exposure to such a level of kindness and care, from all walks of life. So I am deeply grateful to everyone that has got Nazanin home, that got Anoosheh home, that got Morad out on furlough."
Boris Johnson said it is "fantastic news" that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been freed by the Iranians.
Speaking to reporters in the Saudi capital Riyadh, the Prime Minister said: "It is fantastic news that Nazanin is out.
"I am thrilled also for Anoosheh Ashoori and Morad Tahbaz who are also out.
"It has been a lot of work by a lot of people. I want to pay particular tribute to her husband Richard.
"It is fantastic that she will be able to come back, see her family, see her daughter Gabriella."
A source close to their families earlier confirmed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and fellow detainee Anousheh Ashouri had left Iran.
Labour's Tulip Siddiq, the family's local MP, tweeted an image of Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe this afternoon, wearing a yellow top and a grey scarf, smiling on the window seat of a plane.
"It's been 6 long years - and I can't believe I can FINALLY share this photo," Ms Siddiq wrote.
"Nazanin is now in the air flying away from 6 years of hell in Iran.
"My heart goes out to Gabriella and Richard, as her long journey back home to them gets closer by the minute. #NazaninIsFree"
Ms Siddiq previously confirmed the news of Mrs Zaghari-Ratfliffe's release in a tweet: "Nazanin is at the airport in Tehran and on her way home.
"I came into politics to make a difference, and right now I’m feeling like I have."
He told her “they can smell freedom, they just haven’t grasped it yet”
The family's lawyer Hojjat Kermani said she had been freed alongside Anousheh Ashoori, following talks between London and Tehran over a £400million debt between the UK and Iranian governments.
"Both of them are on their way to the airport in Tehran to leave Iran," Kermani said.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss this morning said in a statement that Mrs Zaghari-Ratfliffe and Mr Ashoori's release was the result of "years of hard work and dedication by our brilliant diplomats, and intensive efforts over the past six months".
"We have the deepest admiration for the resolve, courage and determination Nazanin, Anoosheh and Morad, and their families, have shown," Ms Truss continued.
"They have faced hardship that no family should ever experience and this is a moment of great relief."
Her release came after the UK paid the £393.8 million owed to Iran after it cancelled an order of Chieftain tanks following the overthrow of the Shah in the revolution of 1979.
In a statement, Ms Truss confirmed the debt had been settled "in parallel" with the release of the detainees.
She said it had been done "in full compliance with UK and international sanctions and all legal obligations".
She added: "These funds will be ring-fenced solely for the purchase of humanitarian goods."
Former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Evening Standard Editor George Osborne thinks that Mr Johnson and Ms Truss deserve a share of the praise for Nazanin's release.
He wrote on Twitter: "Credit to @BorisJohnson+@trussliz for the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. Hard to pull off. But the greatest credit should go to Richard Ratcliffe who, I know from my time as @EveningStandard editor, was relentless in ensuring no one in power could forget his wife’s fate."
Wildlife conservationist Morad Tahbaz, who was born in west London, is one of two British nationals, described by Amnesty as "prisoners of conscience", has also been released from prison "on furlough", Ms Truss said
The British-American is among a group of Wildlife conservationists in Iran who were accused of espionage after using cameras to track endangered species.
Iranian state media said the UK has "settled a long-overdue debt" of around £400 million to Tehran.
