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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 428

UK-Iran relations

In this June 6, 2018 frame grab from the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting, IRIB, state-run TV, three versions of domestically-built centrifuges are shown in a live TV program from Natanz, an Iranian uranium enrichment plant, in Iran. (IRIB via AP, File)
June 15, 2024, 6:00 pm
UK, France, Germany slam Iran for expanding nuclear program, ‘hollowing out’ deal
E3 states warn Iran’s new operation of advanced centrifuges, plan for thousands more, pose major proliferation risk; stress ‘especially concerning’ activity at underground facility
By Agencies
Israeli air defense systems intercept missiles fired from Iran, in central Israel, April 14, 2024. (AP/Tomer Neuberg)
April 15, 2024, 12:58 am
Jordan, France, UK summon Iranian envoys over conduct surrounding Israel strike
Countries took part alongside Israel and US in successful interceptions overnight of drones and missiles launched by the Islamic Republic toward Israeli airspace
By Reuters, AFP and ToI Staff
British Ambassador to Iran Simon Shercliff. (credit: www.gov.uk)
August 9, 2023, 10:32 pm
Iran summons UK envoy after calls for Tehran to release detained journalists
Islamic Republic claims that Ambassador Simon Shercliff’s comments are ‘interventionist content’
By AFP
The flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran flies outside its embassy in London, February 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant/ File)
July 6, 2023, 11:37 pm
Iran summons UK envoy to protest ‘destructive and interventionist’ sanctions
State media quotes Iranian foreign ministry slamming Britain’s latest penalties as ‘illegal action’
By AFP
Opposition protesters hold up placards after a march marking the 44th anniversary of Iranian Revolution, in Trafalgar Square, central London on February 11, 2023. (Susannah Ireland/AFP)
July 6, 2023, 8:08 pm
UK vows to ‘lead international opposition’ to Iran as head of UN Security Council
British FM announces ramped up sanctions against Tehran for human rights abuses, says decision on further measures ‘is firmly in the hands of the Iranian regime itself’
By Lazar Berman and AFP
Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delivers the opening speech on the first day of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London on June 21, 2023. (Henry Nicholls/Pool/AFP)
June 21, 2023, 7:00 pm
Sunak says UK investigating report that universities working with Iran on drones
British PM pledges to ‘not accept collaborations which compromise our national security’ as he’s grilled in Parliament over allegations
By AFP
In this September 22, 2014, photo, members of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard march during an annual military parade at the mausoleum of ayatollah Khomeini, outside Tehran, Iran (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
April 24, 2023, 3:47 pm
West toughens sanctions on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard over protest crackdown
Britain hits paramilitary group with travel ban, asset freeze as US sanctions four senior officials and EU blacklists eight others
By AFP
Opposition protesters hold up placards after a march marking the 44th anniversary of Iranian Revolution, in Trafalgar Square, central London on February 11, 2023. (Susannah Ireland/AFP)
February 21, 2023, 10:48 am
Israel said to have warned UK of threat to anti-regime journalists from Tehran
Iran International shifted operations from London office to Washington after police informed it of danger; British government summons top Iranian diplomat over matter
By ToI Staff and AFP
Protesters wave the Lion and Sun flag as they take part in a protest in front of the Iranian consulate in Frankfurt am Main, on December 16, 2022. (Daniel Roland/AFP)
January 25, 2023, 4:06 pm
Iran slaps fresh sanctions on EU, UK, in tit-for-tat move
Tehran blocks access to its banks, issues travel bans after Western nations penalize regime for crackdown on protests
By AFP
Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly arrives in Downing Street in London, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
November 19, 2022, 10:48 am
UK foreign minister warns Iran ‘spreading bloodshed’ from Mideast to Kyiv
Speaking in Bahrain, James Cleverly vows that Britain will work with its allies across the region to counter Tehran
By AFP
Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly arrives in Downing Street to attend a cabinet meeting in London, November 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
November 11, 2022, 8:17 pm
British FM summons Iran envoy over threats to journalists
‘We do not tolerate threats and intimidation from foreign nations towards individuals living in the UK,’ says James Cleverly
By AFP
A motorcycle on fire in Iran's capital Tehran, on October 8, 2022. (A picture obtained by AFP outside Iran)
October 10, 2022, 7:19 pm
UK follows US in sanctioning Iranian ‘morality police’
Foreign secretary says London ‘stands with the people of Iran who are bravely calling for accountability and fundamental human rights’
By AFP
Roxanne Tahbaz holds a picture of her father Morad Tahbaz who is jailed in Iran, during a protest outside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London, April 13, 2022. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP, File)
July 27, 2022, 8:43 pm
Iran temporarily releases imprisoned UK-born wildlife environmentalist
Morad Tahbaz, 66, at family home in Tehran, Foreign Office says; prominent conservationist, held since 2018, is serving 10 years on charges of spying for US that West calls a sham
By AP
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei addresses the nation in a televised speech marking the Iranian New Year, in Tehran, Iran, March 21, 2021. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
July 21, 2022, 10:11 pm
UK spy chief says he doesn’t think Iran supreme leader wants to reach nuclear deal
‘The deal is absolutely on the table but I don’t think the Iranians want it,’ MI6 director tells security forum; CIA chief says Tehran’s advance toward atomic bomb is ‘troubling’
By Shaun Tandon
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe speaks during a press conference hosted by her local MP Tulip Siddiq, in the Macmillan Room, Portcullis House, following her release from detention in Iran, in London, March 21, 2022. (Victoria Jones/Pool Photo via AP)
March 21, 2022, 5:08 pm
Freed UK-Iranian woman slams British diplomacy that left her jailed for 6 years
In 1st public comments since being released by Iran, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says she was used as ‘pawn’; sister of British-US-Iranian man still in prison also pans UK efforts
By AFP
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