Bardeyai
Old-Salt
Memory dims, but the Shah paid £750m.
MOD invoice for the Iranian Embassy Siege.
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Bardeyai
Old-Salt
Not in contract’s branches. Tipex was a major expenditure item and contracts were forever being sent back to the typing pool for correction.
Thank F I never worked on a complex ship or fast jet one!
Danny_Dravot
LE
Climbing ropes, not abseil ropes, would definitely cause problems.
RTU'd
War Hero
It was a tardis balcony as it looked small on the tv screen.
This is where people get confused. I didn't get tangled in the rope going down. You see, it was time for a brew so i stopped and got the hexi going. But i must have dropped one of the cubes and set fire to the place.
That's why so many were on the balcony, it was a biscuit resupply party.
If the boss had just waited 15 minutes it would have been fine.
Slime
LE
Very true, and I knew I was being lazy and imprecise when I typed the post, but couldn’t remember if they did buy specific climbing or abseiling kit.
Whatever they did buy wasn’t the exact stuff they wanted, hence the issues
If I remember rightly the cash is in some form of bond
HMG has agreed to the refund and the money is lodged somewhere safely but sanctions (or some such) prevent it actually being paid to Iran
37ucv67i
War Hero
I can't see any spelling errors and only one grammatical error (the sentence beginning with "Nor") in the memo, am I missing something?
Bardeyai
Old-Salt
My failing memory says the money has been in escrow accounts, accruing interest (because we will owe the Iranian’s interest on their money) and had already been there for a long time in 1990.
I can’t remember the details why we can’t return the Shah’s money to the Mullah’s - maybe they made off with BP’s assets without compensation, or something?
The UK government has acknowledged the debt it owes for not delivering the tanks.
But the USA will not allow the UK to pay the debt, as the USA has sanctions on Iran.
I think there is also the BP assets. That would be owed to the UK government, as I think the Iranians seized the assets before BP was privatised.
There are precedents under International Law for compensation being paid. The UK, as the Receiving State, is bound by treaty to protect diplomatic missions and their accredited staff.
Meanwhile, on another balcony:
Dubai police arrest group over nude balcony shoot
Eleven Ukrainian women were among those detained, the Ukrainian consulate told the BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
philc
LE
Meanwhile, on another balcony:
Dubai police arrest group over nude balcony shoot
Eleven Ukrainian women were among those detained, the Ukrainian consulate told the BBC.www.bbc.co.uk
You do know this was an Israeli photographer and is a Zionist plot to bring down the whole Middle East.
Oh and 4th man was Avi on loan from Mossad that day, not the first Jew to **** up Iran or the last.
Graculus
LE
Not really, you can abseil on dynamic ropes fine. More concerned about core damage to rope giving it a shorter life.
Bacongrills
LE
" Them" set light to the curtains, that's Iranian government property that is, they owe the Ayatolla 1 million rials or £1.73 .
Mike Barton
LE
Still doing it
Israel notifies US it attacked Iranian ship in Red Sea - report
While officially listed as a merchant ship, the Saviz was likely a covert IRGC forward base.
www.jpost.com
You mean the same treaty the Iranians abided with when they trashed our Embassy in 1979 as the 'little satan.' Uncle Sam being the 'big satan.' Hope HMG said that 'we have the cheque made out, we will hand it over when we receive yours.'
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