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UK paid repair bill for damaged Iran embassy: report
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Britain has paid the full cost of repairing its embassy which reopened today in the Iranian capital Tehran after a mob ransacked it in 2011 – and Iran has not yet shown signs of paying the UK back, London-based daily The Telegraph reported on Saturday, citing an official source."Thank you, sir, may I have another?" On Sunday, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond – in a ceremony attended by Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif - watched the British flag being raised in the garden of the opulent 19th century building while the national anthem played. Posted by: Fred 2015-08-24 |
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