The defence secretary has said that Britain should clear a standing debt with Iran amid claims that it is preventing the release of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe.
The charity worker has been told explicitly that her imprisonment was linked to a £400 million debt owed by Britain for an arms deal to Iran.
Ben Wallace told Times Radio it was “absolutely right” that “we should honour that debt”. Speaking about the case, he said: “What we’ve said very clearly is that we comply with law and the rule of law . . . we should honour that debt and we should find ways to return it to Iran.
“Of course, since then Iran has clearly indulged in hostage-taking diplomacy with a number of countries, including the United
