DHAKA: Teheran city officials have ordered the removal of some posters featuring anti-American slogans, a sign that Iran is seeking better relations with the United States as the two sides hold talks over its nuclear programme.

A Teheran municipal official said some anti-American billboards had been put up illegally and that the city had taken them down.

Iran state news agency IRNA said on Saturday, The Straits Times publishes this report on Sunday.

‘In an arbitrary move, without the knowledge or confirmation of the municipality, one of the cultural institutes installed advertising billboards,’ said Hadi Ayyazi, spokesman for the municipality, according to IRNA.

Ayyazi did not specify which posters had been taken down.

According to IRNA, new anti-American posters questioning US honesty had been put up in busy Teheran thoroughfares since last week, ahead of the November 4 anniversary of the taking of hostages in the US Embassy in 1979.

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