Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: ex-Tory MP urges inquiry into why Iran debt went unpaid
by Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor from US news | The Guardian on (#5XBM4)
Alistair Burt, previously a Foreign Office minister, queries delay to payment of cash that freed Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
The UK government has known for many years that if it paid a 400m debt to Iran it was likely to lead to the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the former Foreign Office minister Alistair Burt has said in a letter to the foreign affairs select committee.
Burt, a Tory MP until 2019, is calling for the committee to launch an inquiry into why the debt was not paid and into who - either in the governments of the UK or the US - resisted making the payment.
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