
Richard Ratcliffe and his daughter Gabriella hold signs in Parliament Square, London
(Picture: PA Wire)A £400million debt to Iran linked to the imprisonment of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe should be settled, a cabinet minister has said, after it emerged a deal to secure the London woman’s release had collapsed.
It was revealed this week that an agreement to make the payment and secure Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe freedom was finalised last summer, but later “fell through”.