Union Jack flies in Tehran as Britain reopens Iran embassy
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 since the landmark diplomatic compound was stormed in 2011 by Iranian hardliners. The reestablishment of a British diplomatic presence in Tehran – and the reopening hours later of Iran’s mission in London – marked another milestone in the Islamic ...
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