European envoys back in Teheran

Iranian Radio has hailed the return of European Union ambassadors to Teheran after a seven-month diplomatic stand-off as a great victory for Iran.

In a commentary broadcast after the return of the last two envoys -- the French and the German ambassadors -- the radio said the EU had submitted to Iran's demand that the German ambassador return last.

The EU had in fact rejected that demand, but agreed on a two-stage return of its ambassadors.

The EU withdrew its envoys in April after a German court implicated the Iranian state in the killing of four Iranian Kurdish dissidents in Berlin.

Iran responded by recalling its ambassadors in Europe.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service