The government is reportedly preparing to pay a long standing £450m debt to Iran to help free imprisoned mum Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
Boris Johnson and chancellor Philip Hammond quietly authorised government lawyers to finally settle the 38 year-long dispute over a tank deal reports the Sun.
An international court ordered the UK to reimburse Teheran after the MoD reneged on a deal to sell Chieftan tanks to Iran in 1979, but still kept Irans cash.
Iranian regime hardliners have told ministers they expect the debt to be settled as part of a shopping list of demands before Nazanin is freed.
Speaking after his first meeting with Boris, Mr Ratcliffe said of the tank deal row: It is important that the UK honours its international …
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