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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Iranian Arms Dealing Continued in the UK even after Notorious Tank Deal Fell Apart in 1979

| Mar. 22, 2022

Following her release from detention in Iran, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, held hostage since 2016, said: “what happened now should have happened six years ago”. She was referring to the fact that her release had been secured at the same time as the British government paid Iran a debt it had owed since the first day of her detention – and had in fact owed since the 1970s.

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For Academic Citation: Salisbury, Daniel .“Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Iranian Arms Dealing Continued in the UK even after Notorious Tank Deal Fell Apart in 1979.” The Conversation, March 22, 2022.

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