Blair meets Iranian minister

London - Iran's Foreign Minister, Mr Kamal Kharrazi, met the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, yesterday on a landmark visit…

London - Iran's Foreign Minister, Mr Kamal Kharrazi, met the British Prime Minister, Mr Tony Blair, yesterday on a landmark visit aimed at strengthening a cautious rapprochement between London and Iran's reformist President Mohammad Khatami. Mr Kharrazi, the first Iranian minister to visit Britain since the 1979 Islamic Revolution which overthrew the Shah, met Mr Blair for half-an-hour.

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