Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

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Monday 15th November 2021

(2 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park Portrait Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Con)
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My Lords, no one disputes that Iran’s treatment of Nazanin and others in similar circumstances is inhumane and cruel, exceeds any normal boundaries of behaviour by a state and is completely unacceptable, but I cannot add more to what my colleague the noble Lord, Lord Ahmad, said in answer to the same question just a few weeks ago.

Lord Judge Portrait Lord Judge (CB)
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Do we owe money to Iran? If we do, why has it not been paid?