LONDON: Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond reopened the UK’s embassy in Iran on Sunday, four years on since it was trashed by a mob, as Tehran’s ties warm with the West.

Iran’s embassy in London reopened at the same time, Hammond said, initially at charge d’affaires level, with a view to installing the two countries’ respective ambassadors in the coming months.

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