Me and my family are against the regime in Iran,
Daniel Khalife used his employment to undermine national security,
Whilst in some element of what he was doing seems to be almost a fantasy that he had formed in his own head, the reality is he was having a very, very substantial impact. So he is, I think, the ultimate Walter Mitty character. The problem is, he's a Walter Mitty character that was having an extremely significant impact in the real world.”
I shouted up, ‘Please don’t use that language,’ ... I get shouted at at work and when I get home I get shouted at”.
They kept themselves to themselves,
We had no indication that he was that way inclined.”
I don’t think anyone really knew them,
He was just an ordinary, normal teenager. When I saw him on the street he said ‘hello’ and was polite. He’s a nice, sweet boy – I never thought he would do something like that.”
From 9am to midnight, the three of them would watch TV all day – never socialise with us or mingle.”
I wanted to utilise my background to further our national security,
The Thames Valley police detention at the train station, I was watching the live footage of that and I was convinced it was Daniel Khalife,
He describes the Iranians as incompetent and unprofessional. That is not our experience. We have disrupted 20 plots – including some assassination plots,
There is no way of knowing everything Daniel Khalife exposed.”
It is difficult to disentangle [Khalife’s] ego – the fantasy he created, the money he earned, and his inability to understand the damage he was causing here,
He is, I think, the ultimate Walter Mitty character
You weren’t doing this to get into the high-security unit – if you could have escaped, you would have, and you wanted the Iranians to help you do it.
The sharing of the information could have exposed military personnel to serious harm, or a risk to life, and prejudiced the safety and security of the United Kingdom."
There will be no advances in the area of returning Nazanin to the UK without further procurement of the debt owed to the Islamic Republic. The UK will not be seen to pay ransoms to hostile nations … terrorists have long used kidnap for ransom.”