Article 5YKM0 Iran has not received £400m agreed by UK at time of Zaghari-Ratcliffe release

Iran has not received £400m agreed by UK at time of Zaghari-Ratcliffe release

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Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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Debt paid as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh-Ashoori were released is blocked in Oman, Iran says

The historic 400m debt the UK paid to Iran at the time of the release of British-Iranian dual nationals Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Anoosheh Ashoori has still not reached Tehran, according to Iranian government sources.

A senior Iranian government source said the money was blocked in Oman and the problem was not with the UK government. One report said only 1m had been transferred to Tehran.

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