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Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh will meet his Indonesian counterpart in Tehran on Monday to discuss fresh energy cooperation, Shana news agency says.

The former Indian Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan believes that the recent visit of the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Iran was a major turning point in bilateral ties between the two Asian countries.

Afghan National Security Adviser Mohammad Hanif Atmar expressed his gratitude to Iran for its support for Afghan refugees seeking asylum in the Islamic Republic over the past decades.

The Afghan Taliban confirmed on Wednesday May 25 that their former leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed in a US drone strike last week, and that they have appointed a successor.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov plans to raise the issue of Iran’s permanent membership in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) at a meeting of SCO foreign ministers in Uzbekistan, Russia's Special Presidential Envoy to the SCO Bakhtier Khakimov said.

Two Indian frigates berthed at Iran’s southern port city of Bandar Abbas to pay an official visit to the strategic city in line with efforts to boost security cooperation between Tehran and New Delhi.

Iranian Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Continental cycling team Shahrdari Tabriz has been named the top team in Asia, thanks to superb performances at the recently concluded 31st Tour of Iran (Azarbaijan).

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi hailed the historic, strong cultural bonds with Iran, describing a conference on Iranian and Indian culture as being a counteraction to extremism in both nations.

Iran, India and Afghanistan inked a trilateral agreement on establishing an international transit corridor, passing through Iran’s south-eastern port city of Chabahar.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says that unlike certain governments like the US and Britain, the Islamic Republic has always treated Afghans with respect and hospitality.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari said that the ongoing visits by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to Tehran are aimed at signing a trilateral agreement over Iran’s southern Chabahar Port.

Iranian and Indian officials inked 12 documents on cooperation in different fields on Monday May 23.

Iran has devised plans for a sixteen-fold rise in the number of tourists coming from China, Head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) Masoud Soltanifar said.

New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully stressed the need for promotion of bilateral relations between the Oceanian country and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

An Iranian vice president on Wednesday, May 18, called for world nuclear disarmament, the latest expression of Tehran's determination to join the international community after the lifting of sanctions.

Iran and Pakistan have agreed to resume rail freight transport between the provincial capitals of the two neighbours’ border regions.

The Maldivian government has announced severing of diplomatic ties with Iran over what it described as Iran’s “detrimental policies” toward the Middle East.

The Chancellor of Mazandaran Medical University, Ghasem Jan Babaei, said that the Samsung Company from South Korea is to build a 1000-bed hospital in the province.

South Korea and Iran will sign a memorandum of understanding on environmental cooperation in Seoul later this week, the South Korean Environment Ministry said on Monday May 16.

Deputy Administrator of China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) Zhang Yuqing said the country's firms are ready to purchase 50% of Iran’s oil exports.

Park No-hwang, the Head of the South Korean News Agency (Yonhap), stressed the need for strengthening Tehran-Seoul media ties.

The National Energy Administration of China has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum to support oil and gas projects in Iran, including the refurbishment of Abadan Refinery in south-western Iran.

Head of the Strategic Center of the General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said Syria’s Khan Touman, which fell into the hands of terrorist groups equipped by the enemies of Syria with advanced weapons, will be recaptured soon.

In a meeting in Beijing on Wednesday May 11, the Head of Iran's General Inspectorate Organization, Nasser Seraj, and China's Public Prosecutor Cao Jianming, discussed broadening relations, especially a campaign against financial corruption.

Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari said Iran has exported a cargo of nanotechnology to South Korea, marking the first such shipment since the removal of sanctions on Jan 16.