UK ambassador to Tehran posted a message on his official Twitter account on Sunday reassuring that UK is abiding by diplomatic conventions regarding the security of diplomats and diplomatic missions. Nicholas Hopton, UK ambassador to Tehran tweeted a post in Farsi on Sunday saying that he was “very saddened” by what happened in London on […]

A spokesperson at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in reaction to the raid on the Iranian embassy in London, said Britain takes its duty toward diplomatic relations highly seriously.   Speaking on the condition of anonymity to IRNA correspondent on Saturday, a spokesperson at the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office said that Britain takes […]

 Iranian foreign ministry has summoned the British Ambassador to Iran Nicholas Hopton on Saturday to lodge a formal compliant with the UK over how it handled a raid on Iran’s embassy in London. A few followers of a radical religious group based in the UK raided the Iranian embassy in London on Friday and took […]

 The raid on Iranian embassy in London could not have occurred without approval or neglect from the British security guards and police, chairman of Iran’s Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission said Saturday. The Chairman of Iran’s Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, made the remark in reaction to the raid on Iranian embassy […]

Iran’s FM spokesman, reacting to the recent visit of Saudi Crown Prince to London and their anti-Iran remarks, advised Britain not to trade global peace and security for transient economic interests. “It is an interesting irony that British officials would make such remarks against Iran in meeting with Saudi authorities who have launched war on […]

The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently announced it has suspended sales of arms and ammunition to the United Arab Emirates. The ministry had expressed concern that these arms could be used in Yemen resulting in an intensification of the humanitarian crisis that has engulfed the country since the outbreak of the war in 2015. […]

British construction and outsourcing services group Carillion announced its immediate liquidation Monday after the heavily-indebted company failed to secure a financial rescue from the UK government and banks. Carillion, which employs 43,000 staff worldwide including 19,500 in Britain, said that the government would nevertheless provide some funding to allow current state projects to continue, following […]

The government’s key figures – the foreign secretary, the home secretary, the chancellor of the exchequer and the secretary for exiting the European Union – will remain unchanged According to media reports, UK Prime Minister Theresa May will announce these changes on Monday. The news outlet clarifies that Justine Greening, the state secretary for education, […]

TEHRAN – The latest annual report issued by Iran-UK chamber of commerce indicates a nearly 50% increase in the trade transactions between the two sides after the signing of Iran nuclear deal in 2015. According to the latest annual report issued by Iran-UK chamber of commerce, the volume of trade exports between Iran and UK […]

A political analyst based in London hailed Iran’s “critical role” in the collapse of the Daesh (ISIS or ISIL) terrorist group in the Middle East and said Iranians proved, with their blood, their commitment to fighting terrorism. “Iran has played a very critical role in the fight against Wahhabism in Syria and in Iraq,” Marcus […]