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It’s official: Iran government is holding foreign hostages for ransom, wants MORE £££ - UK govt
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[quote:Theydidit..theyfkndidit!:MV8zOTUwNjkwXzcxMzk3NzI3X0U2Q0RBMTY2] [quote:Tui-Yeahh:MV8zOTUwNjkwXzcxMzk3MTkyXzcxREVGMDkw] [quote:SovereignMe:MV8zOTUwNjkwXzcxMzk3MTQ4XzI0QTU2N0Mz] Obama paid $150 billion in ransom for just four people, IIRC. So this is a comparative bargain. That’s if you believe it’s just about getting their money back. [/quote] Obama didn't pay for no damn ransom. these were monies owed to Iran for illegal sanctions by US. Wake up [/quote] really so how come only after they were released did he send the plane of pallets of cash on it to them? oh, that was probably just a parting gift huh? lmfao! this was about the same time, Iran had flagged a navy vessel down, took our servicemen and that one woman into custody. making a national televised broadcast about it 24/7.. its pathetic, you'd rather side with a terrorist state that actively cheers the destruction of your country. wow [/quote]
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Brit mum Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release from jail has been held up after Iran raises ransom bill to £500m with interest
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BRIT mum Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release from jail has been held up after Iran ramped its ransom bill by £100m, it has emerged.
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has secretly agreed to settle a 40 year-old debt to Tehran as the price to free the sickly dual national, who turned 40 on Boxing Day.
But The Sun can reveal that diplomats are now locked in a major haggle over how much interest should be paid on the £400m historical debt from a botched military deal.
A court ruled in 2010 that the UK owes Tehran the money after pulling out of an agreement to sell it 1,500 Chieftain tanks after the Shah was overthrown in 1979.
But sources have revealed that Iran is insisting that an interest rate of up to 8% is levied on the cash, pushing the total close to £500m.
Iran will next month haul the British government back to court in London as it mounts a renewed legal bid to enforce the payment.
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