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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Truss tells Iran she hopes UK will soon be able to repay £400m debt

Liz Truss
It is possible Liz Truss wanted to stress the upside of the UK and Iran reaching a deal as the Iran nuclear talks reach their decisive stage. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Liz Truss has said she hopes Britain will soon be in a position to pay the £400m debt overdue to Iran, according to an Iranian account of the phone call between the foreign secretary and her Tehran counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.

UK government officials have been exploring legal ways to pay Britain’s historical debt, although international economic sanctions on Iran have made it difficult.

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