Britain, Iran start process to repair diplomatic ties, reopen embassies.

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Source: Haaretz

The British government announced Tuesday that it plans on taking steps to renew full diplomatic relations with Iran, which broke down two years ago after the attack on the British Embassy in Tehran.

British Foreign Secretary William Hague told the British parliament that during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, the two decided that both countries would appoint "a non-resident charge d'affaires tasked with implementing the building of relations, including interim steps on the way towards [the] eventual reopening of both our embassies."

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