Jeremy Hunt
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London would pay $500mn tanks debt to Iran under court order: Hunt
TEHRAN, Sep. 25 (MNA) – Former UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said that his country would pay its 400 billion pound (nearly $500 million) debt to Iran after formal court proceedings, on the amount owed, were completed.
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British policy towards Iran abject failure in Hunt’s tenure: envoy to UK
TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) – In a tweet on Saturday, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to UK Hamid Baeidinejad said the UK’s Iran policy was an abject failure during Foreign Secretary Hunt's tenure.
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By: Hossein Askari
Follow the leader – the UK’s ill-advised piracy on the high seas
TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) – The United Kingdom should recognize what has become its position in the world – an important nation with an imperialistic history but now a much-diminished global power.
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Zarif calls on UK to be prudent to thwart US ploy
TEHRAN, Jul. 21 (MNA) – In a tweet on Sunday, Iranian foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif called on UK to exercise prudence and have foresight to be able to thwart US ploys seeking to pull the European country into a quagmire.
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UK's Hunt expresses 'extreme disappointment' to Iran's Zarif over seized tanker
TEHRAN, Jul. 20 (MNA) – British foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said he had spoken to his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif and expressed his “extreme disappointment” over Iran’s seizure of a British-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday.
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UK detention of Iran tanker extended despite promises for release
TEHRAN, Jul. 19 (MNA) – Gibraltar’s supreme court has extended the illegal detaining of the Iranian oil tanker Grace for another 30 days until Aug. 15, the Gibraltar Chronicle said.
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Nuclear deal with Iran isn't dead: Jeremy Hunt
TEHRAN, Jul. 15 (MNA) – Jeremy Hunt told reporters upon arriving at a foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels that the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) is not dead and that the UK is looking to find ways to preserve it.
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UK’s failure to release Iran tanker won’t go unanswered: envoy
TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) – Iranian ambassador to London, Hamid Baeidinejad, said the UK’s failure to release an Iranian oil tanker held in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar since earlier this month “will not be left unanswered.”
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Iran to continue oil exports under any conditions: Zarif to Hunt
TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on the UK government to immediately release the seized Iranian oil tanker, stressing that Iran will continue oil exports under any conditions.
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Hunt says UK will release Iranian oil tanker if it doesn't go to Syria
TEHRAN, Jul. 13 (MNA) – British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt tweeted Sat. that he had held a phone talk with Iranian counterpart on Saturday afternoon.
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Hunt says UK does not want to increase tension with Iran
TEHRAN, Jul. 12 (MNA) – Britain is not seeking to escalate the situation with Iran, foreign minister Jeremy Hunt said on Friday.
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UK retreats from earlier position, says it would not join US in possible war with Iran
TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) –Britain does not expect the United States to request the United Kingdom to join a war with Iran and London would be unlikely to agree to join such a conflict, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said on Tuesday.
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By: Hanif Ghaffari
London’s costly mistake in following US foreign policy
TEHRAN, Jun. 16 (MNA) – United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt once again accused Iran of being behind the explosions off the port of Fujairah in the Gulf of Oman.
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Iran summons UK envoy over Jeremy Hunt's unfounded accusations
TEHRAN, Jun. 15 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry on Saturday summoned the UK ambassador to Tehran over 'unfounded' accusations by British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt regarding attacks on oil tankers in the Sea of Oman.
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London lacks goodwill in recent move to grant "diplomatic protection" to Zaghari
TEHRAN, Mar. 12 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said "we have been informed about UK government's recent move to grant "diplomatic protection" to Nazanin Zaghari, and also received a note from the official channels in this regard."
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Iran has given no commitment to any country on Yemen: foreign ministry
TEHRAN, Feb. 18 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi, stressing that Yemen is an independent country and only Yemenis can decide on their country, said "Iran has given no commitment to any country on Yemen."
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UK summons Iran's ambassador over Nazanin Zaghari's case
TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) – British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Monday summoned Iran’s ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad over the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, an Iranian journalist convicted of spying and other subversive actions.
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Ghasemi slams Hunt’s remarks as meddling in Iran’s internal affairs
TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) – Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ghasemi has censured the “hasty”, “meddlesome” and “untrue” remarks by UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt concerning the case of Nazanin Zaghari.
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UK foreign secretary in no position to warn Iran: Judiciary chief
TEHRAN, Dec. 03 (MNA) – Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadegh Amoli Larijani said Mon.no one in Iran goes to jail because of their dual nationality, adding that the UK foreign secretary is in no position to warn branches of the Islamic Establishment.
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Iran rejects any links between UK debts and Zaghari’s case
TEHRAN, Nov. 25 (MNA) – Iranian FM spokesman Ghasemi rejected any links between the UK’s debts to Iran and Nazanin Zaghari’s case, saying the two issues are completely separate from one another.
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By: Hanif Ghaffari
Threat of war and famine on Iran: False imagination
TEHRAN, Nov. 21 (MNA) – The Guardian newspaper in a report on Jeremy Hunt’s trip to Iran wrote, “In his visit with Mohammad Javad Zarif, Hunt said that “Repetition of the first WWI in Iran is a possibility.”
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Iran FM spox details UK foreign secretary’s trip to Iran
TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has detailed the yesterday’s visit to Tehran by the British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and his entourage.
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Iran will not only survive US sanctions but it will thrive: Zarif
TEHRAN, Nov. 20 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Zarif said Monday that “Iran will not only survive newly re-imposed US sanctions but it will thrive.”
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Iran has made necessary decisions to return to pre-JCPOA era: security official
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – The Secretary of Supreme National Security Council of Iran Rear Admiral Ali Shamkhani has said Iran has made necessary decisions amid lack of action on the part of JCPOA signatories against the US pressures.
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Zarif discusses JCPOA, EU’s commitments, Yemen with UK top diplomat
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – The Iranian foreign minister has tweeted that in the meeting with UK chief diplomat they had discussed issues of mutual interest, especially maintaining the JCPOA and Europe’s commitment to normalize economic relations with Iran.
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By: Majid Haghdoust
Iran, UK FMs meet in Tehran
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met in Tehran on Monday.
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Zarif, Hunt discuss bilateral ties in Tehran
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met on Monday, conferring on bilateral ties as well as regional issues.
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UK foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt lands in Tehran
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has arrived in Tehran to meet with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif.
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Zarif says doubtful about UK foreign secretary’s visit on Mon.
TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the previously reported visit of UK Foreign Secretary to Tehran on Monday may not take place due to Jeremy Hunt’s busy schedule.
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UK chief diplomat Jeremy Hunt to visit Iran Monday
TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) – UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will arrive in Tehran on Monday to hold talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on bilateral ties and the JCPOA.