Iran, Britain in talks over resumption consular activities

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Expatriates’ Affairs Hassan Qashqavi announced on Sunday that Tehran and London are negotiating to resume bilateral consular activities. “We are interacting and talking with Britain to resume consular activities,” Qashqavi told Iran’s FNA news agency here in Tehran on Sunday. Relations between Iran and Britain hit an all-time low in November 2011, when the two countries shut down their diplomatic missions around Britain’s key role in the imposition of a new set of Western sanctions against Iran and its repeated meddling with Iran’s domestic affairs. Iran recalled all its staff and closed its embassy in London in November after Britain recalled its diplomatic mission in Tehran due to massive protests in front of the British embassy complex by thousands of Iranian students who demanded a cut of ties with London.