Boris Johnson

Successor to UK’s Boris Johnson to be announced on Sep. 5

TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) – The United Kingdom’s new prime minister will be announced on September 5, with the first votes to begin eliminating candidates in a crowded field to replace Boris Johnson expected this week.

UK foreign minister Liz Truss joins crowded race for PM

TEHRAN, Jul. 11 (MNA) – Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has joined the race to replace Boris Johnson.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigns: report

TEHRAN, Jul. 07 (MNA) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned Thursday, bringing an acrimonious end to a nearly three-year premiership that has been beset by controversy and scandal.

Another minister resigns from Boris Johnson government

TEHRAN, Jul. 06 (MNA) – Junior Education Minister Will Quince, who defended UK's Prime Minister Boris Johnson just days ago, has stepped down.

UK's PM:

Russian momentum in Ukraine could slow for lack of resources

TEHRAN, Jun. 23 (MNA) – Britain's defense intelligence service believes that Russia's momentum in the war in Ukraine will slow in the next few months as its army exhausts its resources, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed.

UK rail strikes could last for six months till X-Mas: report

TEHRAN, Jun. 21 (MNA) – The British Rail Network has threatened that its staff may go on a six-month strike in the country.

Thousands march in London over cost of living crisis

TEHRAN, Jun. 19 (MNA) – Thousands of people marched through central London on Saturday in a protest over the soaring cost of living in Britain.

UK to boost its military aid to Ukraine

TEHRAN, May 01 (MNA) – The government of the UK will boost the supplies of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine.

Gharibabadi slams UK plan to send some migrants to Rwanda

TEHRAN, Apr. 20 (MNA) – In response to the British government’s declared plan to forcibly send the refugees to Rwanda, Iran's Secretary of Judiciary Human Rights Council called the plan a breach of its international commitments and responsibilities.

Moscow bars entry to Russia for UK's Johnson, Truss, Wallace

TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) – Russia has banned UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other senior ministers from entering Russia over the UK's "hostile" stance on the war in Ukraine.

UK PM Boris Johnson visits Kyiv for Zelensky talks

TEHRAN, Apr. 09 (MNA) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson has held talks in Kyiv with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Tel Aviv continues to rant and rave against Iran

TEHRAN, Dec. 25 (MNA) – Israeli regime has begun to rant and rave angrily against Iran saying that Tel Aviv seeks a comprehensive and lasting solution over Iran's nuclear program.

Putin warns Johnson:

NATO threatening Russia from Ukraine

TEHRAN, Dec. 14 (MNA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin told British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday that members of the NATO military alliance were threatening Russia by expanding activity in Ukraine, the Kremlin said.

Britain increases level of threat after Liverpool incident

TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (MNA) – Britain's terror threat level has been raised to severe following the Liverpool car bomb plot meaning another attack is seen as "highly likely".

US, European allies discuss fate of JCPOA nuclear talks

TEHRAN, Oct. 30 (MNA) – US's Biden held a meeting with British PM, French president and German chancellor to discuss the Iran nuclear deal negotiations on Saturday afternoon.

UK summons French envoy as fishing row escalates

TEHRAN, Oct. 29 (MNA) – Britain on Thursday said it had summoned France's ambassador in an escalating row over post-Brexit fishing rights.

Boris Johnson mocks French outrage over submarine deal

TEHRAN, Sep. 22 (MNA) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has ridiculed the reaction of French President Emmanuel Macron to the recent controversial submarine deal between the US and UK on the one side, and Australia on the other side.

G7 to hold special meet on Afghanistan: British PM

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the holding of a special G7 meeting on developments in Afghanistan on Tuesday August 24.   

UK efforts to blackmail Iran never going to work: Deputy FM

TEHRAN, Aug. 14 (MNA) – In reaction to Boris Johnson's latest tweet, Abbas Araghchi said that the UK tries to blackmail Iran by taking its own money which has been illegally kept for more than 40 years hostage in exchange for prisoners.

UK Prime minister calls for renegotiating Brexit agreement

TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) – The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has rejected Brussels' EU’s Northern Ireland moves and called for renegotiating of the Brexit agreement.

G7 rejects pleas to fund COVID jabs for poor countries

TEHRAN, Jun. 12 (MNA) – G7 leaders have rejected pleas to find billions of pounds to end Covid jab shortages in poor countries, despite Boris Johnson making a plan to “vaccinate the world” his aim for the Cornwall summit.

Johnson, Biden confer on Iran

TEHRAN, Jun. 11 (MNA) – The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Joe Biden discussed Iran, China, and Russia during their meeting in UK’s Cornwall.

Boris Johnson cancels trip to India

TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's next week's visit will not go ahead in light of the current coronavirus situation.

FM Zarif narrates UK hypocrisy about Iran’s nuclear program

TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) -Iran's Foreign Minister reacted to British prime minister's concerns on Iran nuclear program, saying that UK concern about Iran nuclear program came on the same day that London announced it was developing its nuclear stockpile.

UK to expand its cyber-attacks capacity: Report

TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) – The United Kingdom intends to increase the capacity of cyber-attacks against hostile countries.

Lifting sanctions clear path to diplomacy: Iran tells UK

TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) – Iranian President said that the clear path to diplomacy is lifting sanctions as well as the fulfillment of US obligations under the Nuclear Deal.

Johnson claims cooperation with Biden on Iran

TEHRAN, Feb. 15 (MNA) – UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that there have been some important developments in the way the UK-US thinking has been coming together and particularly on issues like climate change, NATO, and Iran nuclear deal.

Johnson, Macron discuss Iran, COVID-19, Brexit

TEHRAN, Feb. 06 (MNA) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron discussed Iran’s nuclear deal, the latest situation of the novel coronavirus, and post-Brexit period.