UK won’t pay sums owed to Iran because of sanctions concerns

29 May 2019

UK won’t pay sums owed to Iran because of sanctions concerns

The UK government has refused to pay £400m owed to Iran from the sale of British military vehicles in 1971, because of concerns that payment would breach EU sanctions on the Revolutionary Guard Corps...

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Maya Lester KC is a senior barrister (King’s Counsel) at Brick Court Chambers with a wide-ranging practice in public law, European law, competition law, international law, human rights & civil liberties. She has a particular expertise in sanctions...

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