Headed by Martin Johnson, Director General of the British-Iranian Chamber of Commerce (BICC), the 24 member-delegation arrived here on Friday.
British Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond visited Iran last August, the first by a minister after 12 years of low-profile relations, during which he also met Iranian Petroleum Minister Bijan Zangeneh.
"Next year I would love to lead a proper, big economic and trade delegation to Iran," Financial Times quoted him saying.
Britain has announced its readiness to pay Iran’s share of revenues in the North Sea gas field of Rhum that it owns with Iran after sanctions are lifted, said Amir-Hossein Zamani, the ministry’s deputy for international affairs and commerce.
The Rhum field, 250 miles off Scotland’s northeast coast, is one the UK’s most important North Sea gasfields.
Prior to its closure, Rhum contributed around 4¬5 percent of Britain’s total gas output.
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