Narges Kalbasi Ashtari, 28, arrived in Irans central city of Isfahan at noon on Wednesday and was warmly welcomed by his family and friends at the citys international airport.
She had been convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2014, when a five-year-old boy disappeared during a riverside picnic organized by her in Indias eastern Odisha State. The boy was later found dead. He had accidentally fallen into the river and died. Her parents were accompanying him.
On December 5 last year, Ashtari, the head of the Prishan charity foundation, was sentenced to a year in jail for manslaughter, a charge she denied.
Later that same month, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif vowed that Tehran would use all its capacity to secure her release.
After a lengthy court battle, she was finally cleared of the charge by an Indian appeals court on March 25.
The founder of Prishan orphanage home in the Rayagada district in Odisha, Ashtari, an orphan from both parents herself, is been a mother-like to numerous under-privileged children in India.
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The following photos show Ashtaris reunion with her family and friends at the Isfahan International Airport.
