Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi has suggested that the establishment of ties between Tehran and Cairo is possible.

The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry has rejected a joint statement issued by the US secretary of state and foreign ministers of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council in New York regarding Tehran’s nuclear program as well as the three “Iranian islands” in the Persian Gulf.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has met with FIFA's chief Gianni Infantino in New York. Raisi described sports, especially football, as one of the suitable platforms for closer relations between countries.

Iranian Defense Minister General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani has said defense and military cooperation between the country and Russia have always been supported by the leaders of the two sides with the aim of strengthening stability and security in the region and beyond.

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Akbar Ahmadian met with visiting Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in the Iranian capital Tehran earlier on Wednesday to discuss expansion of cooperation in the face of common threats posed by foreign forces, according to media reports.

Iran’s Persian Gulf Star Oil Company (PGSOC) in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas has increased its refining capacity from 36 thousand barrels at inauguration over six years ago to 455 thousand barrels, the company’s director said on Wednesday.

The newly-appointed Saudi ambassador to Iran says the kingdom eyes expansion of petrochemical cooperation with Iran, according to the Iranian Oil Ministry.

Qatar has confirmed that unfrozen Iranian funds worth $6 billion have been transferred to bank accounts in Doha, a source briefed on details of the matter told Reuters on Monday.