Friday, 12 November 2021 (YJC)_ The political deputy foreign minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran said in a statement in London that the issue of paying the British debt to Iran and its amount had been agreed, but the method and process of payment had not yet been resolved.
Ali Bagheri Kenny, Iran's political deputy foreign minister, said in an interview in London that he hoped Britain owed ۴ 400m ($ 535m) to Iran over a military deal a few decades ago, Bloomberg reported. , To be paid "soon" and the two countries are trying to find out how to pay for it.
According to the report, Ali Bagheri Kani, who is also Iran's main negotiator in the upcoming Vienna talks and is currently on a European tour on the eve of the Azar 8 talks with the P4 + 1 group, which are to be held with the aim of lifting US sanctions, said that The issue was raised during a meeting with British Foreign Office officials on Thursday.
According to a Bloomberg report, Bagheri said that "the main issue regarding the payment of the debt and its amount has been agreed, but the method and process of payment has not been resolved yet," adding: "Talks will continue next week in Tehran."
He called the talks a serious step forward in resolving some differences between the two countries, adding that one of the issues raised by British officials was the detention of Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe, a British-Iranian dual prisoner.
Bagheri Kani denied and clarified the existence of a connection between the payment of the British debt and this prisoner:
The arrest of Zaghari Ratcliffe is a judicial matter that is dealt with within the framework of the judiciary and can be pursued within the judiciary.
Earlier, former British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt stressed in an interview with Sky News that the British government should pay the debt of 400 million pounds to the Islamic Republic of Iran.