Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the Islamic Republic has proven it will not surrender to pressure over its nuclear program.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the Islamic Republic has proven it will not surrender to pressure over its nuclear program.
As he received a British delegation at the start of the first such visit in years, Zarif noted that clinching any deal with the We
st requires mutual relationship.
On Iran participation in peace talks aimed at ending the Syrian conflict, Zarif stressed that the Islamic Republic refuses any precondition in this context. However he pointed out that Tehran will take part if invited.
The British parliamentary delegation led by former foreign secretary Jack Straw met Zarif on Tuesday Iranian state television reported.
Long-strained ties between the two countries have warmed since Sheikh Hassan Rouhani was elected as Iran's president in June.
In December, a new non-resident charge d'affaires made Britain's first diplomatic visit to Iran since London downgraded ties after its embassy was stormed in 2011. The two countries' respective embassies remain closed, however.
Iranian media said the delegation would also meet parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani and the head of the parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, Alaeddin Boroujerdi.
The other members of the British delegation are former finance minister Norman Lamont, Conservative member of parliament Ben Wallace and Labour lawmaker Jeremy Corbyn.
