OK, so Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is on her way home to the UK having been released from 6 years detention in Iran. And let’s not forget that Anoosheh Ashoori has also been released and is non this way back to the UK.

Of course this is tremendous news for them and their families, at which we should rejoice.

But as always there is undoubtedly more to the story than we’re being told. So …

Q. Why are they released now?
A. Because the UK finally paid the almost £400M which Iran claimed it was owed.

Q. So why did we pay this money now, when it could have been paid years ago?
A. We now want to have friendly relations with Iran.

Q. But why would we suddenly want to be Iran’s friend?
A. Because the UK wants Western sanctions against them lifted.

Q. Why?
A. Very simply because we want their oil; oil which they currently can’t sell in the West.

You see just as with Kuwait many years ago, it all revolves around oil (and ultimately corporate greed). As Clare Short memorably remarked when Iraq invaded Kuwait many years ago: If the Kuwaitis grew carrots, no-one would care. So with Iran, my friends.

Boris Johnson needs oil (and gas) to keep the country running – to Hell with climate change – now the Russian (and Ukrainian) supply is effectively cut off.

What a cynical move, when we could (and should) have gotten them both freed years ago. Words fail me to describe my contempt for this government and its immediate predecessors.