The UK’s decision to pay a historic debt to Iran “in parallel” with the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe could set a precedent of politically motivated hostage-taking, ministers have been warned.
As MPs welcomed Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s release from detention, Labour former minister Hilary Benn called on the Foreign Secretary Liz Truss to explain what steps she was taking to make it “difficult” for “governments to engage in hostage-taking for political purposes”.
