The Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Wednesday that Nazanin Zaghari and Anousheh Ashouri were released with humanitarian considerations.

Nazanin Zaghari and Anousheh Ashouri who had been jailed in Iran for 6 years on espionage charges were released on Wednesday by Iranian judicial authorities and were handed over to British authorities and flew to the UK on board a plane.

The�Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said about their case that the two dual nationals were released based on humanitarian grounds.

Amir-Abdollahian said that linking their release with unfreezing $530 UK's dues to Iran were wrong.

However, the top diplomat added that Iran received the UK dues few days ago.

The UK owed Iran almost �400 million over�an upfront payment made by the former Shah of Iran to Britain to buy 1,750 Chieftain tanks and other military vehicles.

The UK Foreign Secretary�Liz Truss had already confirmed that�the �400 million that Britain owes Iran is a �legitimate debt� and that the UK government wants to pay it to Tehran.

Elsewhere, the foreign minister said that the United States has accepted 2 out of 4 main Iran's demands in the Vienna talks, adding that if Washington responds positively to the two other demands, he will go to Vienna to sign the agreement.

 

 

By MEHR