Boris Johnson met Richard Ratcliffe, husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, yesterday. Foreign Office insiders said that government lawyers were examining options to legally pay up and settle the 38-year-old dispute. But a Treasury spokesman poured cold water on the prospect. Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been held in detention in Iran since April last year PAPressure increased on the government to resolve the row this week after Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband, Richard, suggested that if Britain honoured its obligations to Iran it could clear the way to her being freed. The dispute dates back to the 1970s, when the ministry of defence struck an agreement to supply 1,500 Chieftain tanks to Iran but halted…

Source: The Times November 16, 2017 12:06 UTC