Britain and Iran hold first talks since 1979
British Prime Minister David Cameron held talks with Iran's President Hassan Rowhani at the United Nations, the first meeting between the countries' leaders since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
British Prime Minister David Cameron held talks with Iran's President Hassan Rowhani yesterday at the United Nations, the first meeting between the countries' leaders since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
The meeting took place at the British mission office at the United Nations as the General Assembly got underway.
Rowhani posted a photograph of himself smiling as he shook hands with Cameron.
The British government says a key priority at the largest diplomatic gathering in the world is building broad-based support for the new government in Iraq and international action to confront jihadists in Iraq and Syria.
Western powers are seeking to build support for the fight against the Islamic State group, which holds a large tract of territory in Iraq and Syria and which has beheaded two US journalists and a British aid worker.
The United States and Arab allies launched the first air and sea strikes against IS militants in Syria on Monday, expanding the action the US has been leading against the jihadists in Iraq since the start of August.