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Britain to transfer over 400 million pounds debt to Iran soon: Iranian official

This file photo taken on June 10, 2016 shows Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (L) posing for a photograph with her daughter Gabriella. She is currently being held in an Iranian prison (AFP / Free Nazanin campaign)

Updated 17 November 2017

Reuters

November 17, 2017 16:29

Britain to transfer over 400 million pounds debt to Iran soon: Iranian official

Updated 17 November 2017

Reuters

November 17, 2017 16:29

ANKARA: Britain will soon transfer its debt of over 400 million pounds ($527 million) to Iran, the Iranian ambassador wrote on his telegram channel on Friday, but said there was no link between paying the debt and the case of jailed British-Iranian aid worker.
“An outstanding debt owed by the UK to Tehran will be transferred to the Central Bank of Iran in the coming days. The payment ... has nothing to do with Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s case,” Hamid Baeedinejad wrote on his Telegram channel.