The former Prime Minister said Sir Gavin Williamson wouldn't allow the £400milllion deal.
Sir Gavin Williamson blocked a £400 million deal to bring Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe home from Iran five years before she was released on the basis the money could be used by Hezbollah, Boris Johnson has said.
Sir Gavin, then defence secretary, refused to sanction the deal, suggesting some of the £400 million could end up in the hands of Hezbollah and be used to buy weapons and "kill our boys", Mr Johnson alleged. In response, the president indicated that "perhaps the consular cases could be resolved", Mr Johnson said, leading him to believe that "we had an agreement".
The former prime minister also revealed that, before the deal had been sanctioned by other relevant departments, he saw Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe's family at the embassy and suggested that progress had been made. "While Nazanin languished in Iranian captivity, with many blaming me, there were quite a few people who were savouring my moral torment - not least, I suspect, in Number 10."
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