UK and Iran appoint ambassador in each other’s country after 2011

Q.  UK and which other country appointed ambassadors in each other’s nation for the first time since 2011, in September 2016?
- Published on 08 Sep 16

a. Iraq
b. Iran
c. Qatar
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Iran
 
UK and Iran appoint ambassador in each other’s country after 2011United Kingdom and Iran in September 2016 appointed ambassadors in each other’s country for the first time since 2011.
  • The appointment marks the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two nations
  • Nicholas Hopton, a Middle East specialist and former Britain ambassador to Qatar and Yemen was appointed as UK ambassador to Iran
  • Hamid Baedinejad, a key figure in the Iranian nuclear negotiating team was appointed as Iranian ambassador to the UK
  • Foreign Office announcement came a year after the start of the British Embassy in Tehran
  • Embassy was reopened in August 2015 by British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and two countries resumed ties in Charge d’Affaires level
  • British embassy in Tehran was closed after being stormed and ransacked by protestors in 2011.
  • UK also ordered the Iranian embassy in London to be closed

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