Iran’s new ambassador to London is a nuclear negotiator and Head of Foreign Ministry's Political and International Affairs Department Hamid Baidinejad who presented his credentials to Boris Johnson. In Tehran, Mr. Nicholas Hopton, grandiloquently called ‘Her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires to the Islamic Republic of Iran,’ had presented his credentials to Zarif of Iran. A Foreign Ministry source had told Mehr News that diplomatic relations between Iran and Great Britain had been in level of chargé d'affaires for more than a year.
With a détente in Tehran-London relations following President Rouhani’s assuming the office in August 2013, promotion of ties had been on the agenda for Tehran and London. Relations had been tense after a group attacked the British embassy in 2011 and inflicted damage on the embassy building and property.
The source however said that the promotion would not mean that all issues and past grievances had been solved and Iran would voice positions on matters of conflict ‘without qualms.’
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