PM Cameron tells Iran: Britain wants to re-open Tehran embassy

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron waits to greet his Ukrainian counterpart Arseniy Yatsenyuk at Number 10 Downing Street in London, Britain July 15, 2015. REUTERS/Toby Melville

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday that the nuclear deal marked a fresh start in relations and that he was committed to re-opening the British embassy in Tehran. "The Prime Minister expressed his hope that this deal would mark a fresh start in bilateral relations between the UK and Iran," Cameron's spokesman said of the telephone call. "The Prime Minister made clear that he remained committed to re-opening the British embassy in Tehran," the spokesman said. The British embassy was closed after hundreds of Iranian demonstrators stormed the building in November 2011. (Reporting by Guy Faulconbridge; editing by Andy Bruce)