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Wednesday 24 September 2014 - 23:50
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Leaders of UK and Iran meet for first time since 1979 Islamic revolution

Leaders of UK and Iran meet for first time since 1979 Islamic revolution
British PM David Cameron and Irans president Hassan Rouhani shake hands at meeting at UN general assembly in New York
The British prime minister, David Cameron, met the Iranian president, Hassan Rouhani, in New York on Wednesday in what marks a milestone in the long-strained relations between London and Tehran.

The meeting - as the two leaders attended the UN general assembly - was the first encounter between an Iranian president and a British prime minister since the 1979 Islamic revolution.

Iranian reporters in Rouhanis UN entouragetweeted pictures of the smiling Iranian cleric shaking hands with Cameronin front of the two countries flags.

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