Iran Embassy In Britain

Britain reopened its embassy in Tehran on Sunday, a striking signal of how Western ties with Iran have thawed since protesters stormed the compound nearly four years ago.

Britain's foreign secretary reopened his country's embassy in Tehran on Sunday in a long-awaited step signalling better relations four years after a mob stormed the compound, forcing its closure.

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said he would reopen the UK's embassy in Iran on Sunday, four years on since it was trashed by a mob, as Tehran's ties warm with the West.

Britain will reopen its embassy in Iran this weekend nearly four years after protesters ransacked the elegant ambassadorial residence and burned the British flag, a British diplomatic source said on Thursday.

Britain today said it is ready to reopen its embassy in Iran as "the circumstances are right", in a sign of increasing Western engagement with Tehran amid a jihadist upsurge in neighbouring Iraq.

Britain is set to reopen its embassy in Iran, Foreign Secretary William Hague announced Tuesday.

Britain is to announce moves towards reopening its embassy in Tehran, the BBC reported Tuesday.

Britain and Iran on Monday named non-resident charges d'affaires to each other's capitals, with London's envoy to visit Tehran this month to start mending ties severed by the ransacking of the British embassy in 2011.

Britain was on Wednesday evacuating all its diplomatic staff from Iran following the storming of its embassy by Iranian protesters the day before, Western diplomatic sources told AFP.

Britain reopened its embassy in Tehran on Sunday, a striking signal of how Western ties with Iran have thawed since protesters stormed the compound nearly four years ago.

Britain's foreign secretary reopened his country's embassy in Tehran on Sunday in a long-awaited step signalling better relations four years after a mob stormed the compound, forcing its closure.

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said he would reopen the UK's embassy in Iran on Sunday, four years on since it was trashed by a mob, as Tehran's ties warm with the West.

Britain will reopen its embassy in Iran this weekend nearly four years after protesters ransacked the elegant ambassadorial residence and burned the British flag, a British diplomatic source said on Thursday.

Britain today said it is ready to reopen its embassy in Iran as "the circumstances are right", in a sign of increasing Western engagement with Tehran amid a jihadist upsurge in neighbouring Iraq.

Britain is set to reopen its embassy in Iran, Foreign Secretary William Hague announced Tuesday.

Britain is to announce moves towards reopening its embassy in Tehran, the BBC reported Tuesday.

Britain and Iran on Monday named non-resident charges d'affaires to each other's capitals, with London's envoy to visit Tehran this month to start mending ties severed by the ransacking of the British embassy in 2011.

Britain was on Wednesday evacuating all its diplomatic staff from Iran following the storming of its embassy by Iranian protesters the day before, Western diplomatic sources told AFP.