Exclusive: Details emerge of dispute over payment to Iran likened to ransom for detainee
Britain’s Ministry of Defence has rejected a plea from the Foreign Office to hand over £400m owed by the UK government to Iran from a 30-year-old British tank sale, saying it is not prepared to give the money to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps , the Guardian understands.
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