UK embassy in Tehran to reopen

Britain is to reopen its embassy in Tehran, four years after it closed. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond will visit Iran at the weekend with a delegation of business leaders, a senior government source said. The embassy was closed in 2011 after it was stormed by Iranian protesters during a demonstration against sanctions imposed by Britain. […]

Britain is to reopen its embassy in Tehran, four years after it closed.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond will visit Iran at the weekend with a delegation of business leaders, a senior government source said.
The embassy was closed in 2011 after it was stormed by Iranian protesters during a demonstration against sanctions imposed by Britain.
The visit comes weeks after Tehran reached a deal with six world powers aimed at curbing its nuclear programme.
The reopening of the embassy was first publicly proposed by William Hague in June last year, but it has been held up by technical problems.
Iran’s reluctance to relax import laws has slowed the replacement of communications and other equipment taken out when the post was abandoned.