Britain is looking at ways to pay a historic 400 million pound ($522 million) debt to Iran, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Wednesday. The top UK diplomat added that she would not say if it had been settled already.
The British-Iranian national being held in Tehran, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, has had her British passport returned, her MP in the UK Tulip Siddiq says. Officials in Tehran have yet to confirm the report.
The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has said he held talks with his British counterpart Sir Stephen Lovegrove over the phone on Sunday afternoon.
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has stressed the need for the other parties to the Vienna talks to show seriousness and responsibility given that the negotiations have reached a critical stage.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has hit back at Britain after the country ‘s foreign secretary said Iran will be responsible for a possible impasse in the Vienna talks and in that event, all options will be on the table.
Iran has denounced the British Foreign Ministry for its meddling stance on the Islamic Republic's defense capabilities, saying Iranian missiles have nothing to do with UN Security Council 2231.
UK government officials were in Tehran last week discussing legal ways to pay Britain’s historical £400m debt to Iran, the Iranian ambassador to London has said.
Britain has blacklisted an Iranian reporter with the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, for his alleged role in what London calls “extracting forced confessions” from political prisoners
The Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas announced Sunday that it will take legal action against the United Kingdom, which recently listed it as a “terrorist organization”.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri has described his talks with British officials over bilateral ties and issues of mutual interest as serious, comprehensive and positive.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri has held talks with Minister for Middle East and North Africa at the British Foreign Office James Cleverly in London over bilateral ties and issues of mutual interest.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has reacted to a statement issued by the leaders of France, Germany, Britain and the United States on the sidelines of the G20 summit.
Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has told Britain's new Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss that Iran has heard many words and promises in the 2015 nuclear deal, but has not seen any action.
The Iranian foreign minister, in a telephone conversation with his British counterpart, said Tehran expects all anti-Iran sanctions to be removed, describing them as illegal.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has hit back at the British foreign secretary for urging the release of an Iranian-British prisoner, saying it is the US that is hindering her release.
Director General of the Iranian Foreign Ministry for Western Europe, who is also an assistant to Iran's Foreign Minister, invited British Ambassador to Tehran Simon Shercliff to ask him for explanation about the photo of his recent meeting with the Russian ambassador posted on Twitter.
The Iranian foreign ministry has summoned the British charge d’affaires in Tehran to protest the anti-Iran accusations by the British foreign secretary regarding the attack on the Israeli-managed oil tanker off Oman Thursday.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has strongly condemned and deeply regretted the baseless accusations made by the British foreign secretary against the Islamic Republic of Iran, which were repeated by the US secretary of state in the same context and contained contradictory, false and provocative accusations.
