Until his release today, British-Iranian Anoosheh Ashoori spent six years in jail. Here is an account, written as an inmate, of his ordeal

My name is Anoosheh Ashoori. I live in Evin prison, Tehran, in the valley of hell.

I am an Iranian-British dual national, like Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, except very few people know my name. I was arrested in August 2017 and sentenced to 12 years in jail, and this is how I spend my days and survive.

Anoosheh Ashoori is a retired engineer jailed in Iran after being accused of spying for Israel, charges he always denied

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