Truss tells Iran she hopes UK will soon be able to repay £400m debt
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from World news | The Guardian on (#5W5YV)
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Liz Truss has said she hopes Britain will soon be in a position to pay the 400m debt overdue to Iran, according to an Iranian account of the phone call between the foreign secretary and her Tehran counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
UK government officials have been exploring legal ways to pay Britain's historical debt, although international economic sanctions on Iran have made it difficult.
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