It is time for normalization between Britain and Iran. The new Iranian chargé d'affaires non-resident Habibollah Hassan-Zadeh, is expected Thursday, December 12 in London, announced the head of British diplomacy William Hague on his Twitter account. This visit will take place a little less than 10 days after that of his British counterpart in Tehran on December 3, when Ajay Sharma became the first diplomat from UK to visit in Iran for two years. The latter, who has held the position of number two in the British diplomatic mission in Tehran, had then been, in his own words, "detailed discussions and with the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to advance step by step and on a reciprocal basis, bilateral relations. " The relaxation diplomatic diplomatic exchange agreement, which marks the warming of relations between the two countries had been finalized between the British Foreign Minister, William Hague, and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in mid-October on the sidelines of the first meeting in Geneva between the major powers and Iran on the nuclear program of Téhé , ran. In September, the two men had met in the framework of a bilateral meeting in New York on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Many gestures made possible through diplomatic detente began between the West and the Islamic Republic since the election in June moderate Hassan Rohani as Iranian president. If the two countries were not formally severed diplomatic after the end bag in November 2011 the British representation in Iran by demonstrators protesting against the announcement of new sanctions against London Tee Heran, their relations have become abominable. The British Foreign Office had said "outraged" by the "unacceptable intrusion" of protesters in his embassy and replicated by the announcement of closures chancery in Tehran and the Iranian embassy on its territory. A tumultuous relationship since 1979 relations between Iran and Britain were regularly interspersed with crises since the 1979 Islamic revolution, but tensions worsened after the curing of the subsequent regime of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed 2009 re-election. Tehran has accused the British secret services to use the channel BBC Persian, widely listened to Iran to try to destabilize the regime supporting the reformist opposition. In addition, the Iranian Parliament in December 2010 threatened to cut ties with Britain after very critical statements of the previous British ambassador to Téhé ran, Simon Gass, on the situation of human rights in Iran. "Since 2009, the Embassy of Great Britain working day and night like a cabinet war" against Iran, in particular had accused an Iranian parliamentarian, Zohreh Elahian. With AFP and Reuters
DIPLOMACY: Diplomatic relations between Tehran and London warm
It is time for normalization between Britain and Iran. The new Iranian chargé d'affaires non-resident Habibollah Hassan-Zadeh, is expected Thursday, December 12 in London, announced the head of British diplomacy William Hague on his Twitter account. This visit will take place a little less than 10 days after that of his British counterpart in Tehran on December 3, when Ajay Sharma became the first diplomat from UK to visit in Iran for two years. The latter, who has held the position of number two in the British diplomatic mission in Tehran, had then been, in his own words, "detailed discussions and with the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to advance step by step and on a reciprocal basis, bilateral relations. " The relaxation diplomatic diplomatic exchange agreement, which marks the warming of relations between the two countries had been finalized between the British Foreign Minister, William Hague, and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif in mid-October on the sidelines of the first meeting in Geneva between the major powers and Iran on the nuclear program of Téhé , ran. In September, the two men had met in the framework of a bilateral meeting in New York on the sidelines of the General Assembly of the United Nations. Many gestures made possible through diplomatic detente began between the West and the Islamic Republic since the election in June moderate Hassan Rohani as Iranian president. If the two countries were not formally severed diplomatic after the end bag in November 2011 the British representation in Iran by demonstrators protesting against the announcement of new sanctions against London Tee Heran, their relations have become abominable. The British Foreign Office had said "outraged" by the "unacceptable intrusion" of protesters in his embassy and replicated by the announcement of closures chancery in Tehran and the Iranian embassy on its territory. A tumultuous relationship since 1979 relations between Iran and Britain were regularly interspersed with crises since the 1979 Islamic revolution, but tensions worsened after the curing of the subsequent regime of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's disputed 2009 re-election. Tehran has accused the British secret services to use the channel BBC Persian, widely listened to Iran to try to destabilize the regime supporting the reformist opposition. In addition, the Iranian Parliament in December 2010 threatened to cut ties with Britain after very critical statements of the previous British ambassador to Téhé ran, Simon Gass, on the situation of human rights in Iran. "Since 2009, the Embassy of Great Britain working day and night like a cabinet war" against Iran, in particular had accused an Iranian parliamentarian, Zohreh Elahian. With AFP and Reuters