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The Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) rebuffed reports on Wednesday that the��historic debt owed by the UK to Tehran was not received in full by

A senior Iranian government source was quoted in The Guardian saying money was blocked in and therefore had not reached Tehran.��

Ali Salehabadi, the governor of the Central Bank, rejected these reports and said: “We have already received the money paid by Britain and the funds are even being used,” according to Iran International.��

He then went on to say: “Information on the [release of the] rest of [Iran’s] blocked sums will gradually be provided. Generally, the work is progressing well.” No further information was provided in Iranian media.��

The told ��������the debt was “settled,” adding that the payment complied with UK and international sanctions and legal obligations. The money has been "ring-fenced" for humanitarian goods, they said, without identifying an accountability mechanism for this condition.��

The £400 million sum dates back to the 1970s when the Shah of Iran ordered tanks and weapons from the UK.��Britain took the money, but��only delivered some of the tanks before the

The debt has been linked to the release of British-Iranian dual nationals;��including and who��returned to the UK last month after years in arbitrary detention.��

The Iranian embassy��in London released a statement on March 17��acknowledging that the debt was “repaid with accrued interest” alongside an announcement that Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Ashoori were released from prison.��

Press statement of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in London on the payment of the British debt to Iran

— Iran (I.R.of) Embassy in UK (@Iran_in_UK)

Anoosheh and his wife Sherry Izadi told ������ they don’t know how the debt was eventually paid. The couple from London��said a forthcoming inquiry into the matter will "not provide closure” after years of separation and trauma, but could give some “answers”.��

A number of dual nationals remain in detention��in Iran, including British-American-Iranian who was returned to prison after being released on furlough in March.