Zaghari-Ratcliffe: court hearing over £400m Iran debt may hasten release
(The Guardian Iran)

Court of appeal due to settle size of debt for 1970s tank sale from UK to Iran this weekThe release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman held in a Tehran jail since 2016, could come a step closer if a long-running dispute over the UK government´s non-payment of a £400m debt to Iran is settled in the court of appeal this week.In a tweet, the Iranian ambassador to Britain claimed that a decades-long dispute between the UK and Iran over the size of the debt could be about to come to an end, leaving the government with no excuse to delay payment. The prediction may prove optimistic given legal complexity surrounding the tank sale payment, and the legal constraints preventing the UK from sidestepping sanctions against Iran. Related: Zaghari-Ratcliffe `having panic attacks´ since Suleimani death Continue reading...