Britons Back in Tehran

23 August 2015 | 21:23 Code : 1951283 Home Photo Essay
Britons Back in Tehran

United Kingdom reopened its embassy in Tehran today, four years after it was raided by protestors in 2011. Closure of the embassy followed the British Parliament’s decision to impose fiscal sanctions against Iran, and in the wake of successive assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists; developments that infuriated Iranian hardliners. Reopening of the embassy has raised strong objections among the conservative media.