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Tehran, London promote ties by exchanging ambassadors

Xinhua, September 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

Tehran and London promoted their diplomatic ties to ambassador level by exchanging ambassadors on Monday, semi-official Mehr news agency reported.

According to the report, Iran's new ambassador to London is Hamid Baeidinejad, who had served as nuclear negotiator and Foreign Ministry's director general for political affairs.

On Monday, Baeidinejad presented his credentials in London.

In Tehran, Nicholas Hopton, former British Chargé d'Affaires to Iran, presented his credentials to Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif.

In August last year, Britain reopened its embassy in Iran's capital Tehran.

The silver-color signboard showing "British Embassy" was installed on the exterior wall of the Britain embassy's complex in central district of Tehran.

Groups of local and foreign media, as well as hundreds of people, were present in front of the British embassy to witness the reopening of the embassy, which was stormed by a group of angry Iranian students in 2011 to protest against Britain's nuclear-related sanctions. Endit