MOD settles £400m Iranian debt as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is released
The debts resulted from contracts signed by an MOD-owned company and the government in Tehran before the country's revolution.
The debts resulted from contracts signed by an MOD-owned company and the government in Tehran before the country's revolution.
Iran is insisting that the United States and its allies promise to allow it to export its crude oil.
Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said the incident was "dangerous" because it could have led to "miscalculation".
It comes in a period of heightened tension between Iran and the United States.
The commander of the US Navy's 5th Fleet says he wants to "put more systems out in the maritime domain above, on, and below the sea".
Lord Robathan also said that the down-sizing of the Armed Forces to its lowest level since 1714 is "bonkers".
Adrian Underwood has been named by his company at the Briton who died in the attack, an incident blamed on Iran by the US and UK.
Hijackers who seized a vessel off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman have left the ship, according to the Royal Navy.
The US and UK have blamed Iran for the attack off the coast of Oman, which killed a Briton.
The UK has said it is highly likely that Iran was behind the drone strike on the MV Mercer Street off the coast of Oman.
Dominic Raab says the UK is working with international partners to respond to the incident.
Iran said a deal allowing a UN watchdog to inspect images of nuclear facilities will not be renewed.
The shots were fired after 13 "fast boats" from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy failed to stay at a safe distance, the US said.
US Navy footage shows what it said was a ship cutting in front of the USCGC Monomoy, causing the American vessel to stop quickly.
It comes almost three years after then-US President Donald Trump brought his country out of the deal.
The strike was the first military action undertaken by President Joe Biden's administration.