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Foreign Secretary: EU sanctions signal determination to intensify peaceful diplomatic pressure on Iran

• Updated: 2 July 2012

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The EU today agreed that the oil ban against Iran will come into force on 1 July.

• Updated: 25 June 2012

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Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken following talks between Iran and the E3+3 in Moscow.

• Updated: 19 June 2012

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Foreign Secretary comments after the E3+3 talks with Iran in Baghdad today.

• Updated: 25 May 2012

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Foreign Secretary William Hague and Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman discussed regional issues, including Iran and the Middle East Peace Process, during a two-day visit to the UK.

• Updated: 23 May 2012

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Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken following talks between Iran and the E3+3 in Istanbul, Turkey.

• Updated: 14 April 2012

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Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt writes ahead of the E3+3 talks with Iran on 14 April: "The onus is on Iran to prove to us it is serious this time".

• Updated: 13 April 2012

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Foreign Secretary William Hague has spoken after a new round of EU sanctions on Iran were agreed by Foreign Ministers in Brussels.

• Updated: 23 March 2012

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UK, US, France, Germany, Russia and China agree to further talks with Iran about its nuclear programme.

• Updated: 6 March 2012

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Foreign Secretary William Hague's response to an urgent question in Parliament on Iran.

• Updated: 24 January 2012

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Foreign Secretary William Hague said that the decision to impose further sanctions on Iran demonstrates the EU's growing concern about the country's nuclear programme.

• Updated: 23 January 2012

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PM, Merkel, Sarkozy: We call on Iran to suspend nuclear activities and abide by international obligations.

• Updated: 23 January 2012

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EU Foreign Ministers will discuss further EU sanctions on Iran and Syria when they meet in Brussels on 23 January.

• Updated: 18 January 2012

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Speaking at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, the Minister for the Middle East emphasised the importance of standing together to prevent Iran acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.

• Updated: 10 January 2012

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Ministers met to discuss developments in region as well as key elements of the bilateral relationship.

• Updated: 10 January 2012

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"We call on Iran to stop immediately the production of 20% uranium and to engage seriously with the E3+3 about the international community’s concerns."

• Updated: 9 January 2012

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Foreign Secretary William Hague said that the Iranian authorities blocking of the British Embassy website confirms to the Iranian people that their Government is determined to conceal from them the international community…

• Updated: 22 December 2011

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Latest developments following an incursion by demonstrators on 29 November at the British Embassy premises in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

• Updated: 2 December 2011

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Foreign Secretary William Hague welcomes the EU’s decision to intensify pressure on Iran by sanctioning another 180 individuals and entities.

• Updated: 1 December 2011

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Foreign Secretary William Hague has made a statement following an attack on the British Embassy compound on 29 November.

• Updated: 30 November 2011

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