British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond arrived in the Iranian capital and reopened his country’s embassy on Sunday Morning

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond arrived in the Iranian capital and reopened his country’s embassy on Sunday Morning.

Hammond arrived in Tehran at the head of a high-ranking politico-economic delegation to attend the reopening ceremony of the British embassy in the first visit to Iran by a British foreign secretary since 2003.

During his two-day stay in the city, he is to confer with ranking Iranian officials including President Hassan Rouhani, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani as well as his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif.
He will also meet with Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani, Minister of Petroleum Bijan Namdar Zangeneh and Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Valiollah Seif.

Meanwhile, Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht Ravanchi said on Saturday that after reopening of UK embassy in Tehran, relations between the two capitals will be at chargé d'affaires level.

The diplomat told reporters here that London and Tehran have agreed to change the level of their relations from non-resident chargé d'affaires to resident chargé d'affaires.