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Iran is ready to provide Pakistan with its energy needs, Interior Minister Abdulreza Rahmani Fazli said.

Malaysian Minister for International Trade and Industry Mustapa Mohamed said his country sees no barrier to expansion of Kuala Lumpur-Tehran ties.

In a meeting with Saurabh Kumar, the Ambassador of India, Iran’s Culture Minister Ali Jannati said that many books have been published in Iran in recent years that introduce Iranians to India’s culture and civilization.

A senior Iranian petrochemical official says India is a major market for Iran's petrochemical products given New Delhi's 7% economic growth.

The Islamic Republic of Iran and Kazakhstan have agreed on the establishment of a joint shipping company.

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev arrived in Tehran on Monday to chart a new course in bilateral ties with Tehran, inking 66 documents with a value of $2bn.

A lineup of Iranian shorts and feature-length movies is competing in the 8th CMS Children’s International Film Festival, which opened its doors to the public in Lucknow, India on April 7.

Pakistani Navy Flotilla is going to visit Iranian port of Bandar Abbas in a goodwill gesture, suggests a press release from the Pakistani Embassy in Tehran.

After negotiation with their Iranian counterparts, the Indian Oil & Gas Minister, accompanied by representatives of 25 Indian companies, came to Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines & Agriculture (TCCIMA), and talked with leaders from Iran's private sector.

Iran’s Ambassador to Astana Mojtaba Damirchilou said Iran and Kazakhstan are set to finalize cooperation agreements in different fields during the official visit to Tehran by President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says Tehran is interested to joint refinery projects in India in a bid to ensure sale of its crude oil in the Indian market.

An Afghan official said here on Sunday that the port of Chabahar in this southeastern province is the best route for export of Iranian goods to Afghanistan.

Iran and India have signed an agreement to boost oil and energy cooperation.

Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh said Iran is prepared to increase its oil exports to Indian refineries with support from the Indian government after removal of sanctions on Iran.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif underlined that cooperation and security will mark regional and global future, adding that Iran believes in working with its neighbors at different levels.

Cultural, scientific and academic relations are the best kind of relationships, and can create unbreakable links between the peoples of Iran and Afghanistan, said the Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Afghan government here Wednesday.

The Taiwanese government announced it has lifted visa restrictions for Iranian applicants to travel to the Asian island. Furthermore, it will increase its oil purchases from Iran.

Rahmat Hajimineh, an Iranian university professor, believes that the ongoing conflict and tension in the Caucasus can prepare the grounds for such terrorist groups as Daesh (ISIL) to recruit new militants and continue their operations throughout the Middle East and beyond, because radical and extremist forces these days are taking advantage of instability in different parts of the world in a bid to survive and protect themselves.

In the 9th Joint Consular Meeting between Iran and Japan’s foreign ministries in Tokyo, the two sides reaffirmed further expansion of bilateral relations, particularly on consular cooperation.

Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan talked by phone with his Armenian and Azeri counterparts on Sunday, calling on the two sides to show restraint and settle disputes on the Nagorno-Karabakh region via peaceful negotiations.

As tensions between Caucasian states Azerbaijan and Armenia have been running high with dozens of soldiers from both sides killed in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, Iran called on its northern neighbors to show restraint and immediately halt the bloody clashes.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for closer cooperation between Tehran and Islamabad in various fields, including the fight against terrorism.

A new report says South Korea increased crude imports from Iran by 91 percent in February from a year earlier.

The Indian government is reportedly determined to seal a deal with Tehran on laying a direct undersea gas pipeline from Iran to India.

Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations Organization said that restoring peace, stability, and security to Afghanistan can be achieved by global economic cooperation.