Iran's foreign minister confirms debt payment by UK, denies link to prisoner release - ISNA

DUBAI - The United Kingdom paid its debt a few days ago, Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency quoted Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian as saying on Wednesday.

Amirabdollahian denied any links between the payment of Britain's debt of $530 million and the release of two British-Iranian prisoners after years of detention.