Official Urges Britain to Pay Back Long-Overdue Debt

Date: 08 November 2020 - 21:41

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TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Iranian parliament speaker’s special advisor for International Affairs Hussein Amir Abdollahian called on Britain to pay its debt to Tehran which has been delayed for 40 years.
Amir Abdollahian referred to his Sunday meeting with British Ambassador to Tehran Rob Macaire in a tweet, and said, "We had frank and constructive talks.”
He noted the British ambassador’s demand for further negotiations with the Islamic Republic in this regard, and said during the talks, "I emphasized that London would be better off to take action based on its delayed undertakings as negotiations for negotiations is a worn-out and fruitless game”.
Yet, Amir Abdollahian pointed out that Iran and Britain enjoy abundant potentials for cooperation, implying that the problem with regard to the delayed payback of the long-overdue debt is an impediment to the further expansion of ties and cooperation between the two states.
In September, the British government confirmed the country’s debt to the Islamic Republic of Iran over the purchase of Chieftain tank under a deal that had been struck before the victory of the Islamic Revolution.
While the British Defense Secretary acknowledges the Britain’s 40-year debt to Iran to honor international regulations and to ensure Iran’s national rights, London is expected to take practical and immediate steps to make up for the past so that the Iranians’ dissatisfaction with Britain will not continue, it noted.