Weekly Report: 17-23 August, 2015
August 17, 2015:
Judiciary: Ex-Tehran prosecutor convicted
Former prosecutor general of Tehran Saeed Mortazavi has been found guilty for series of charges, the Judiciary said on Sunday.
Iran nuclear deal has huge impact on cooperation with Russia Zarif
The final agreement on the ...
TEHRAN August 29(Shana)--Is the UK seeking to catch up with its politico-economic rivals in Iran?
Philip Hammond is the first British foreign secretary to visit Iran in 11 years. On Tuesday, November 29, 2011, the British government announced the closure of its embassy in Tehran and called its diplomats to London.
In a move to display improved ...
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has hailed Iranians hospitality and rich culture, saying it is now time to open a new chapter of relations between the two countries.
In a message published in the state-run newspaper Iran on Tuesday, Hammondpraised the ancient history and rich culture of the Iranian nation, voicing optimism that Tehran and ...
Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:
Iran is too large a player to simply leave in isolation
The British embassy in Iran has reopened, nearly four years after it was attacked by protestors.
Sanction, military threats against Iran harm JCPOA: Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says threats of military action ...
Foreign secretary says west and Iran can have more realistic discussion about finding solution to the conflict after embassy reopens in Tehran
The UK foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, has said that a new phase has been entered in the search for a resolution to the Syrian conflict with the thawing of relations between the west and Iran paving the ...
Tehran, Aug 24, IRNA - Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani and visiting British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Monday held talks on ways to boost all-out ties.
Shamkhani told Hammond that moving toward sustainable relations based on trust building can secure mutual interests of Iran and Britain.
The Iranian official ...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says threats of military action and re-imposition of sanctions against Tehran will harm efforts for therestoration of trust between Iran and six world powers.
These sardonic remarks are indiscreet slogans and jokes that would harm the process of confidence-building, Rouhani told British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond ...
Foreign secretary, in Tehran for reopening of British embassy, says countries have shared interest in tackling Isis and questions Irans true position on Israel
Britain will tread carefully as it rebuilds relations with Iran, but the countries need to work together to tackle problems like Islamic State, Philip Hammond has said.
The British foreign ...
Aug 24 (Reuters) - 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 he expected Iran and the United States could endorse the nuclear deal they reached ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) Irans Police spokesman said a number of protesters were captured during the reopening of Britains embassy in Tehran on Sunday, but all have been released.
General Saeed Montazer-al-Mahdi told Tasnim on Monday that a few number of protesters, who sought to cause chaos during the reopening of Britains embassy in downtown Tehran on ...
After the British foreign minister opens UK embassy in Tehran he says Islamic Republic would be judged on its actions, not its words.
London- Britain must remain cautious in its relations with Iran, foreign minister Philip Hammond said on Monday, after he reopened the British embassy in Tehran nearly four years after it was stormed by protesters....
Irans President Hassan Rouhani has received British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond in Tehran.
The British foreign secretary arrived in the Iranian capital on Sunday and reopened the UK embassy in Tehran in a sign ofimprovement of ties between the two countries.
Hammond's trip is the first visit to Iran by a British foreign secretary since 2003....
The anger that has run like a dark thread through Britains relationship withIranhas left its enduring mark on the wall of the UKs embassy in Tehran. Four years after a radical mob stormed the compound, and even after several million pounds worth of refurbishment, the words Death to England are still visible, scrawled in red felt-pen on the doors and ...
Tehran, Aug 23, IRNA A group of people not more than 40 gathered in front of British embassy on Sunday afternoon to protest visit of Britain's Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond to Iran and reopening British embassy.
Interior Ministry said that the protesters got no permission for the gathering.
The group disrupted law and order on the streets ...
Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) says two Iranian banks will start operating in Britain soon, increasing the number of Iranian banks active in the UK to four.
Speaking to IRNA following a meeting with the visiting British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond in Tehran on Sunday, Valiollah Seif noted that the two banks include the London branch ...
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 while the national anthem played. In 2011, the ...
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond will reopen Britains Embassy in Iran on Sunday, almost four years after it was stormed and shut.
In the first visit to Tehran by a foreign secretary since 2003, Hammond will hold talks with President Rouhani, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani, and other officials.
The British ...
Tehran, Aug 23, IRNA - British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond will confer with Iranian high-ranking officials in his two day official visit to Iran on Sunday and Monday.
Hammond is expected to meet with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani as well as his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif.
In the first visit ...
Tehran, August 20, IRNA British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond will visit Iran to reopen the UK embassy, an informed source at the foreign ministry said on Thursday.
He said that the British foreign secretary is to arrive to Tehran on Saturday for reopening the UK embassy.
By IRNA