TEHRAN, Dec 21 (AFP): Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has spoken by phone with his British counterpart Yvette Cooper, an Iranian foreign ministry statement said on Saturday, in a rare case of direct contact between the two countries.
The ministry said that in Friday's call the ministers "stressed the need to continue consultations at various levels to strengthen mutual understanding and pursue issues of mutual interest".
A UK government source said Cooper "emphasised the need for a diplomatic solution on Iran's nuclear programme and raised a number of other issues".
The source in London said Cooper raised the case of Lindsay and Craig Foreman, a British couple detained in Iran for nearly a year on suspicion of espionage.
The Iranian ministry statement did not mention the case of the two Britons.
Iran, UK foreign ministers hold phone call
FE Team | Published: December 21, 2025 21:32:46
Iran, UK foreign ministers hold phone call
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