UK embassy in Tehran to reopen after thaw in British-Iranian relations

BBC News ^ | 20 August 2015

[Olog-hai]

Britain is to reopen its embassy in Tehran, four years after it closed.

Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond will visit Iran at the weekend with a delegation of business leaders, a senior government source said.

The embassy was closed in 2011 after it was stormed by Iranian protesters during a demonstration against sanctions imposed by Britain.

The visit comes weeks after Tehran reached a deal with six world powers aimed at curbing its nuclear program. …

[LeoWindhorse]

yea sure , give the damn crazies a chance to do it all again

Isn’t it time we just nuked this place ?

[martinidon]

Surely these countries are not that naïve. Maybe they know how bad Iran is but their hatred for Israel is worse....

[BenLurkin]

Couldn’t open a Wal-Mart in Tehran? Cuz they just chose to put in Target

[Rockpile]

Marine Embassy guards better be on best behavior to try to avoid this assignment.

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This is a great place, though, for the State Dept to send their Bruce Jenner and Rosie O’Donnell types in order to help bring the locals into the 21st. century.