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Kyiv. >> now the russian president, vladimir putin, he spoke with his iranian counterpart on thursday, blaming nato and the west for the invasion. according to tehran, mr. putin called it a legitimate response to efforts to undermine russia's security. >> translator: everything that is happening is a desperate measure. they've left us no other option. they've created such security risks that we couldn't react differently. >> now the u.s. president joe biden has unveiled sweeping new sanctions on russia, although he admits that it will take some time before moscow feels the effects. he also say...

Priorities. 0n of british nationals in the imf debt priorities. on my first week, i met theirfamilies and met my iranian counterpart. this was the first in—person meeting ever iranian and british foreign minister in years. we agree to work together to resolve these two issues in parallel. i dispatched a team of foreign office negotiators to hold intensive discussions with senior iranian officials to secure the release of our detainees. 0fficials travelled to tehran for negotiations in october and november, a final round of negotiations took place in muscat in february resulting in this agree...

>> a woman is back home with her husband and daughter in the united kingdom. charity work stepped off a royal air force plane early thursday and with her another british iranian, anusha assurecigarry ratliff was taken into custody in 2016 while visiting relatives in iran. she received a five-year sentence for espionage. a chair she denies. iranian authorities did not say why she was released. but it came after the uk announced it had settled a long-standing debt owed to tehran dating back to before the 1979 islamic revolution. well, after protesting russia's invasion of ukraine, live on stat...

Sent from the foreign office overtook tehran to out negotiations. the big sticking point in recent years had been this debt of $500 million. that was money that britain bowed to tehran for a deal dating back to the 1970s for some tanks that weren't provided. britain had always said in recent years it was difficult to repay the debt to iran because potentially it could breach sanctions against iran and there was also fears that iran could use the money to sponsor terrorism. but now a way forward was found, it was only found in the past 48 hours, it has been a whirlwind of activity and what they...

Significant motivation for those who want to resume as much normality as possible. still we'll have those who will be hesitant, but i think this was a great move and i think other cities should follow suit. >> my only question is why are they waiting until september. the delta variant is here. dr. brunell, thanks so much. iran's incoming president with an early push to lift harsh sanctions imposed by the u.s. cnn going live to tehran, next. [♪] if you have diabetes, it's important to have confidence in the nutritional drink you choose. try boost glucose control. it's clinically shown to he...