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Iranian, British embassies to restart issuing visas

5 February 2016 17:50 (UTC+04:00)
Iranian, British embassies to restart issuing visas

Iran and the United Kingdom's embassies in London and Tehran will resume issuing visas.

Iran's Foriegn Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told reporters after a meeting with his counterpart Philip Hammond in London on February 5 that issuing visas in embassies would be resumed in several weeks, IRNA reported.

The British embassy in Iran reopened in August 2015, nearly four years after it was closed.

The UK embassy was closed in 2011 after it was stormed by protesters during a demonstration against sanctions.

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