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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's daughter Gabriella at a protest outside the Iranian Embassy in London
BRITISH officials have downplayed the prospect of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s imminent release from Iran after state TV suggested today that Britain would pay a £400 million debt to secure her release.
The Foreign Office said “legal discussions are ongoing” over the debt despite the claim made on Iranian state TV, which cited an anonymous official.
It was said that the British government’s position had not changed over the weekend and that Iran had made the claim before without the mother-of-one being released.
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