UK To Reopen Iran Embassy, Says Hague
As the West looks to improve its relations with Iran, William Hague announces the UK embassy in Tehran will reopen.
新聞背景：
英國外交大臣黑格在一份寫給英國議會的聲明中說，英國駐伊朗使館復館條件已經成熟，使館工作人員在德黑蘭的安全能夠得到保證，外交官的工作將不受妨礙。出于對伊拉克動蕩局勢的共同擔憂，英國與伊朗近來保持接觸。黑格在聲明中說，與伊朗外交部長穆罕默德·賈瓦德·扎里夫討論復館事宜，雙方計劃采取更多措施改善雙邊關系。
2011年11月，數千伊朗學生和民眾在德黑蘭沖擊英國駐伊朗大使館，抗議英國對伊朗實施的單邊制裁。隨后英國宣布關閉駐伊朗使館，撤回所有外交人員，并要求伊朗立即關閉駐英使館，驅逐所有伊朗駐英使館人員。
此后，英國委托瑞典駐伊朗大使館代為處理英國在伊朗的事務，而伊朗則委托阿曼駐英國大使館代為打理本國在英國的有關事務。去年11月，英國和伊朗恢復了外交關系，任命了一名非常駐代辦，但并未重新開放駐德黑蘭大使館。
美聯社稱，英國重開駐伊朗使館的“條件合適”。這代表近日來伊朗與西方關系解凍又邁出了一步。

It's two and a half years since the British embassy was stormed as the Iranian security forces stood to one side. It's a long road back. This announcement just the latest stage. The embassy building is expected to be opened later this year, but only with a scheduled affair, not an ambassador that might come

later.
We'll seek to build that up in stages as relations develop, so (there) will be a small embassy to begin with, of course there will be many difficult areas of relations remaining, including on the nuclear issue, on the regional stability, on human rights in Iran. And we will not shrink from pursuing those issues just as strongly as we always have.
The news comes a year after the election of a new president, Hassa New Harney. He'd replaced and a poisonous atmosphere with one less toxic. The British knew they needed to talk to the biggest power in the region and change the top to open the door. Envoys were named on each side, then came the talks about Iran's alleged nuclear weapon's program. An interim agreement further helped the relations. The opening of the embassy was expected this summer. The news is not because of Iraq, but it's precisely because this sort of crisis occurs that both sides are feeling their way towards full relations.
It started last September with discussions between the two foreign ministers and it has been proceeding through official level discussions ever since. But I don't think we should see this, the announcement today, as anything directly related with Iraq.
In practical terms on the ground, there's not much that British can do in the Iraq situation, but at a political level, they can now work more easily with Iran which is a key outside player.