International sanctions on Iran could start to be lifted as early as spring next year, Britain's foreign minister said on Monday, as Tehran and the West rebuild their ties and potentially open up billions of dollars of trade deals. Six world powers agreed in July to lift sanctions in return for ...
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Monday he plans to travel to Iran in October, sending a strong signal that Europe's largest economy wants to quickly rebuild economic and political ties with the Islamic Republic. Steinmeier's visit follows on from a three-day trip last ...
Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond (L) and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif arrive for presser, after a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tehran August 23, 2015./ Britain must remain cautious in its relations with Iran, foreign minister Philip Hammond said on ...
Graffiti in Persian reading 'Death to England' is seen above a picture of Britain's Queen Elizabeth at the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran August 23, 2015./ Graffiti in Persian reading 'Death to England' is seen on a door inside the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran August 23, 2015./ "Death to ...
Four years after attackers stormed Britain's embassy in Tehran to protest nuclear-related sanctions imposed by London, the two countries reopened the compound Sunday./ Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, and British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, shake hands for media prior ...
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Monday he expected sanctions on Iran could start to be lifted as early as Spring next year. Speaking to Reuters on a visit to Tehran to reopen Britain's embassy in the Iranian capital, Hammond said preparatory work should be done ahead of lifting ...
Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond leaves a Royal Air Force plane after arriving at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran, Iran August 23. Britain reopened its embassy in Tehran on Sunday./ TEHRAN (Reuters) - Britain reopened its embassy in Tehran on Sunday, a striking signal of how Western ties ...
Britain needs to remain cautious in its relations with Iran, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said on Monday, after he reopened the British embassy in the country nearly four years since protesters stormed the compound in Tehran. The historic step marks a thawing of relations between the Islamic ...
TEHRAN—British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond reopened the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran’s state TV says, nearly four years after it was closed following an attack by hard-liners. Mr. Hammond arrived in Tehran on Sunday to attend the reopening ceremony and for talks with Iranian officials. ...
Embassy workers listen to Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond during the reopening of the British Embassy in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 23, 2015./ Britain reopened its embassy in Iran's capital Sunday, nearly four years after it closed following an attack by protesters who stormed the building. ...
Britain reopened its embassy in Tehran on Sunday, a striking signal of how Western ties with Iran have thawed since protesters ransacked the ambassador's residence and burned the Union Jack nearly four years ago. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond watched the British flag being raised in the ...
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond is set to reopen his country’s embassy in the Iranian capital Sunday, four years after the facility was stormed and burned by violent protesters. The visit to Tehran is the first by a top British diplomat since 2003. In a formal statement, Hammond said ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state TV says British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has reopened the British Embassy in Tehran nearly four years after it was closed following an attack by hardliners. Hammond arrived in Tehran on Sunday to attend the reopening ceremony and for talks with Iranian ...
Iranian security forces stand guard as Philip Hammond arrives in his car at the British embassy in Tehran on August 23, 2015 (AFP Photo/Atta Kenare)/ Tehran (AFP) - Britain's foreign secretary reopened his country's embassy in Tehran on Sunday in a long-awaited step signalling better relations ...
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, left, at a press conference with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran on Sunday./ With police sealing off the site for safety, Britain on Sunday reopened its embassy in the Iranian capital, raising the Union Jack for the first time ...
The move to reopen the embassy in Tehran is the most striking sign of the thaw in relations between Iran and the West in over a decade. Gavino Garay reports./ NAT OF BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTER, PHILIP HAMMOND (SOUNDBITE) (English) BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTER, PHILIP HAMMOND, SAYING: "On behalf of the ...
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./ Iran's embassy in London will reopen at the same time, Hammond said, initially at charge d'affaires level, with a view to ...
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. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond watched the British flag being raised in the garden of the opulent 19th century building ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's deputy foreign minister says Britain will reopen its embassy in Tehran on Sunday after it being closed for nearly four years. Majid Takht-e-Ravanchi also told state television on Saturday that the Iranian Embassy in London also will reopen at the same time. ...
"Death to England" is scrawled in oddly tidy Farsi above a photograph of Queen Elizabeth on the wall of the 19th Century embassy in Tehran, testimony to the perception here that Britain is a perfidious intriguer in Iranian affairs. British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond reopened the embassy in ...
Britain said on Sunday that it wanted to work with Iran's central bank to make it easier for UK banks to finance trade and investment in the country after a thaw in diplomatic relations. "I think it would be very helpful and very positive if we could begin a dialogue about how we can create ...
Iran reopened its embassy in London on Sunday, reciprocating hours after Britain restored diplomatic ties with Tehran, a Reuters witness said. Iran's chargé d'affaires in London, Mohammad Hassan Habibollahzadeh, and Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Danesh Yazdi attended the ceremony at the Iranian ...
Aug 23 The British foreign secretary arrived in Tehran on Sunday to reopen Britain's embassy, marking a major step in ending the Islamic Republic's isolation from Western powers, a Reuters witness said. The visit by Philip Hammond comes nearly four years after protesters ransacked the British ...
In a signal of the most striking thaw in the Western ties with Iran for over a decade, Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond will reopen the British embassy in Tehran nearly four years since protesters ransacked the elegant ambassadorial residence and burned the Union Jack. The nuclear deal that the ...
gallery_thumbs_close|article-gallery-6460380|article-gallery-6460380|0/ gallery_overlay_close|article-gallery-6460380|article-gallery-6460380|0/ reopened the British embassy in Tehran on Sunday, nearly four years after it was closed following an attack by hardliners, Iranian state TV reported. ...
Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond leaves a Royal Air Force aeroplane after arriving at Mehrabad Airport in Tehran, Iran August 23, 2015. Britain reopened its embassy in Tehran on Sunday, a historic step in the thawing of relations between the Islamic state and Western powers, a Reuters ...
The United Kingdom and Iran reopened their respective embassies on Sunday as a coordinated move to signal improving relations following the recently-signed nuclear agreement. U.K. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond visited Tehran for the opening , including Ajay Sharma, the new U.K. charge ...
More than six months into the devastating Gaza war, its impact on the Israeli and Palestinian economies has been huge./ Nearly all economic activity in Gaza has been wiped out and the World Bank says the war has also hit Palestinian businesses in the occupied West Bank hard./ As Israelis mark ...
Megan Thee Stallion arrives at the Billboard Music Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. A photographer who worked for the hip-hop star said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, April 23, 2024, that he was forced to watch her have sex, was unfairly fired soon after and was ...
HELENA, Ga. (AP) — Someone using a magnet to fish for metal objects in a Georgia creek pulled up a rifle as well as some lost belongings of a couple found slain in the same area more than nine years ago. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says driver's licenses, credit cards and other items ...
A man killed his wife and three of his children in an apparent murder-suicide mass shooting at a home in Oklahoma, according to police. Oklahoma City police said they were notified around 9:35 a.m. Monday and responding officers found the five bodies inside the house. Jonathon Candy, 42, ...
Donald Trump CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images/ This is the second week of former president Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial in Manhattan for allegedly engaging in a hush-money scheme to conceal his sexual encounter with adult film actress . (Legal scholar Norman Eisen has more ...
A UN report into the Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA has concluded it must do more to improve its neutrality, staff vetting and transparency./ But the independent review also said that Israel had failed to back up a claim that many of the agency's staff belonged to terror groups./ Some of ...
An Uber driver from Southern California is looking to spread the word on the potential risks associated with being a rideshare driver after he was violently assaulted by a passenger over the weekend. that he comes to the L.A. area from his home in the Antelope Valley on the weekends since there ...
Donald Trump won’t be getting his way in his New York hush money trial—at least, not without consequences. Presiding Judge Juan Merchan decided Monday that prosecutors can cross-examine the former president on prior judgements and gag order violations. This is only relevant if Trump takes the ...
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (AP) — Out of air and pinned by an alligator to the bottom of the Cooper River in South Carolina, Will Georgitis decided his only chance to survive might be to lose his arm. The alligator had fixed his jaws around Georgitis' arm and after he tried to escape by stabbing it with ...
A premature baby was saved when doctors performed an emergency caesarean in Rafah, after the city was hit by Israeli air strikes on Saturday night. Her mother, Sabreen, could not be saved, and died along with the baby's father and sister. Medics said the baby was born in respiratory distress and ...