Earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif described the photo of the Russian and British envoys as inappropriate. "Need I remind all that August 2021 is neither August 1941 nor December 1943," he wrote on Twitter

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that Russian Ambassador to Iran Levan Dzhagaryan has been invited to the Iranian Foreign Ministry over his photo with British Ambassador Simon Shercliff in front of the embassy building in Tehran, the Russian embassy said in a statement.

According to the embassy, "Russian Ambassador to Iran Levan Dzhagaryan has been invited to the Iranian Foreign Ministry due to the mixed reactions from the Iranian public" to a photo of Dzhagaryan and Shercliff in front of the Russian embassy building, posted by the Russian diplomatic mission.

The embassy added that the meeting "took place in a friendly atmosphere and the Iranian side was provided with all the necessary clarifications, which have already been posted on the embassy’s social media accounts." "The ambassador expressed regret over the misunderstanding," the statement said.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif earlier described the photo of the Russian and British envoys in front of the Russian embassy building as inappropriate. "Need I remind all that August 2021 is neither August 1941 nor December 1943," he wrote on Twitter.

On August 11, the Russian embassy posted a photo taken during a meeting between the Russian and British ambassadors, which showed the two sitting in front of the building that had hosted the Tehran Conference.