TEHRAN, August 8 - The top US and British diplomats said Wednesday they were prepared to move "as soon as possible" on a trade deal after Britain's planned withdrawal from the European Union on October 31.
TEHRAN, Jul 31 - A Swedish prosecutor wants to speak with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in the United Kingdom, the investigation of rape allegations against him is ongoing, Swedish Ambassador to Russia Peter Ericson said.
TEHRAN, Jul 28 - Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad reiterated that the UK policy on Iran during the ex-British foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt’s term in office has been “an abject failure”.
TEHRAN, Jul 26 - Britain’s new Northern Ireland minister Julian Smith said on Friday his country’s government was not on a collision course with the EU. The statement came after Ireland’s foreign minister criticized PM Boris Johnson’s approach to Brexit.
TEHRAN, Jul 25 - New UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s father is confident his son has what it takes to end the ongoing tensions between Iran and Britain, as the two sides continue to trade barbs after impounding each other's oil tankers.
TEHRAN, Jul 25 - The UK government has sent a mediator to Iran to discuss ways to free a British-flagged tanker seized by the Islamic Republic last week, the head of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei’s office said on Wednesday.
TEHRAN, Jul 23 - Hardline Brexiteer Boris Johnson has won the UK's Conservative Party leadership contest and will take over from outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May when she steps down on Wednesday.
TEHRAN, Jul 23 - Boris Johnson is expected to be elected leader of Britain's governing Conservative Party and the next prime minister on Tuesday, tasked with following through on his "do or die" pledge to deliver Brexit in just over three months time.
TEHRAN, Jul 22 - Prime Minister Theresa May’s successor must move beyond Brexit to restore economic confidence and spur investment, the Confederation of British Industry said as it launched a “business manifesto” for the new government.
TEHRAN, Jul 21 - Iran’s ambassador to the United Kingdom has warned London against further provocation, as reports emerge that the British government is considering freezing Iranian assets and may take other measures as well in a standoff between the two countries over the mutual seizure of tankers.
TEHRAN, Jul 21 - Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond said he plans to quit his post on Wednesday if Boris Johnson beats Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt in the race to succeed Prime Minister Theresa May. In a BBC TV interview, he cited Johnson’s demand that members of his government should accept the chance of a no-deal Brexit on Oct. 31.
TEHRAN, Jul 19 - Gibraltar's supreme court has ruled that an Iranian tanker illegally seized by by Britain's Royal Marines can be detained for 30 more days, the territory's attorney general says.
TEHRAN, Jul 17 - The United Kingdom has announced that it will send a third warship to the Persian Gulf later this year, a move that comes amid intensifying tensions with Tehran over the illegal seizure of an Iranian oil tanker.
TEHRAN, Jul 16 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has denounced Britain’s illegal seizure of an Iranian oil tanker, warning that the act of “piracy” will not go unanswered.
TEHRAN, Jul 14 - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Abbas Mousavi condemned “destructive” moves by the US and British governments to interfere in the internal affairs of China.
TEHRAN, Jul 12 - Iran has urged the United Kingdom to immediately release the Iranian supertanker it has illegally seized in Gibraltar, warning London against entering a “dangerous game with no end in sight”.
TEHRAN, Jul 10 - Boris Johnson stood accused Tuesday of having nothing to offer Britain but "blind optimism" as he and his rival for the premiership clashed over Brexit in a bad-tempered TV debate.
TEHRAN, Jul 9 - Iran’s highest ranking military commander warned the British government on Tuesday to brace for a response, at the appropriate time and place, to the capture of an Iranian oil tanker in international waters off the coast of Gibraltar.
TEHRAN, Jul 9 - Britain's main opposition Labor party on Tuesday for the first time conditionally backed holding another Brexit referendum, in which it would support remaining in the European Union.