Shahab Azizi Khadem did not specify what will be on the agenda of talks between President Raisi and Infantino.
The FIFA president is going to visit Iran late January or early February.
He will attend matches pitting Iran against Iraq and the United Arab Emirates respectively on January 27 and February 1 as part of competitions in Group C winners in the Asian Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
Ali Shamkahni tweeted that Iran’s oil sales and revenues from that have reached a proper and irreversible point.
He suggested that Iran has acquired this capability through what he called its active resistance.
He further referred to the West’s efforts in Vienna to extract concessions from Iran by using the oil embargo on the nation as a lever.
Shamkhani said, “You can’t promise to remove the sanctions that are no longer effective in order to gain concessions [from Iran]”.
Previously, other Iranian officials including the oil minister of the Islamic Republic also said Iran’s oil sales are on the rise and that the country has been able to export crude under sanctions using a range of techniques.
On Wednesday, Minister of Information and Communications Technology Isa Zarepour replied to an inquiry by a user on Instagram about the claims and said, “These rumors are baseless.”
There are rumors that Iran and China are set to jointly cooperate on creating a national Internet for Iran as part of their 25-year strategic partnership agreement.
Iranian communications officials have, however, assured the public that no such article exists in the partnership deal with China, which was finalized last year.
He said the two sides are, of course, seeking to bolster their cooperation in the area of communications technology, in which Chinese firms have long been a pioneer.
The Iran-China agreement is also meant to promote bilateral relations in various fields, particularly in economy, trade, and culture.
During the meeting, Zakani called for increased exchanges with Thailand “as a successful east Asian country” so that both nations can use each other’s capabilities in line with their interests.
“Today is the Day of Clean Air and Tehran, seeing its circumstances, needs to electrify its vehicles, especially its motorcycles, and we can work together in this area,” Zakani said.
He added that Tehran hosts more than 3 million motorcycles and air pollution issue makes electrifying vehicles very important for the city. He said the city also needs charging stations and other services related to electric vehicles.
Zakani also touched on the Thai envoy’s proposal for construction of a Thai friendship garden in Tehran and called for construction of a similar venue for Iran in the Thai capital Bangkok “to lay the ground for friendship between the two nations”.
Pongprapapant, in turn said, his country is interested to offer full services in the area of electric motorcycles to Iran and go beyond the proposed cooperation in the area of charging stations and motorcycles.
“A delegation can visit Tehran in March or April so that the issue can be discussed in full details… we need the cooperation of the municipality of Tehran so that we get the favorable result out of the electrification of motorcycles in Tehran,” he said.
He also called for establishment of a Thai garden of friendship in Tehran to mark the 50th anniversary of ties between Iran and Thailand.
Raisi made the comment in a meeting with his Russain counterpart in Moscow on Wednesday.
He said the strategic cooperation document can serve as a guideline for the future of ties.
Raisi also said Iran wants sustainable and inclusive relations with Russia covering all trade, political and cultural areas.
The Iranian president noted that Iran sees has no limits in ties with Russia and its relations with Moscow will be strategic not temporary.
The Iranian president cited the cooperation between Iran and Russia in the fight against terrorism in Syria as a good example of such a synergy.
Elsewhere, Raisi said Iran and Russia can work together to counter the US’s unilateralism, adding, “We have resisted the US for over 40 years and we will not tie the progress of our country to the US sanctions”.
He however said the Islamic republic will try to get the sanctions lifted but all efforts focus on neutering them.
He also thanked Putin for helping Iran become a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
The Russian president for his part said Russia has been in close contact with the Raisi administration after his inauguration as Iran’s president.
He referred to growing ties between the two sides, saying last year trade between Iran and Russia increased despite the Covid pandemic.
Putin added that huge joint economic projects are also being implemented by Iran and Russia.
The Russian president also praised cooperation between Iran and Russia at the international level. He said, “Thanks to our joint efforts, the Syrian government overcame international terrorism”.
He also described Afghanistan as being of grave importance to both Iran and Russia.
Putin promised to help provide a free zone between Iran and the Euroasia union after Iran’s accession to the SCO.
Heading a high-ranking delegation, President Raisi arrived in Moscow on Wednesday for a two-day-visit.
Farshad Mahdipour made the comment in an interview with Nur News, which is affiliated to Iran’s Supreme National Security Council.
He added that development of cultural relations between Iran and Russia is a top priority for the two countries. Mahdipour said a key tool of cultural communication is the media, and fortunately, the news site Nur News has been able to provide the conditions for the cultural communication between Iran and Russia to be in a new direction.
“I believe that the development of the Russian language in Iran is one of the needs of the society and also one of the policies of the government, the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance and our office”, he added.
The deputy for media affairs of Iran’s minister of culture and Islamic guidance said he is ready for the development of media relations and exchange of experiences between the two countries.
It should be noted that on the eve of the visit of President Raisi to Russia, Nur News unveiled its Russian language section.
The two matches are scheduled to be held in the Azadi Stadium of the Iranian capital of Tehran. There will be only ten-thousand spectators for each match amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The face-offs against Iraq and the UAE are part of the final qualifying round for the Qatar World Cup and will be held on January 27 and February 1, respectively.
Sajjadi says the experience of Syria and the fight on Daesh terrorists there showed “when two powerful countries in the region cooperate with each other, they can end threats”.
He was referring to the cooperation between Iran and Russia in Syria’s fight on Daesh and other terrorist groups, which helped the country overcome its problems and move toward the current calm.
Sajjadi added that Iran and Russia can also use transportation and energy as other key areas of cooperation.
“Iran can serve as a paradise for Russia in terms of transit. There are also infinite grounds for cooperation in the field of oil and natural gas. If the government is serious about cooperation in the region and with neighboring countries, there would be a paradises of opportunities for Iran and Russia,” he said.
“I ask all governments, especially Islamic countries, that they should start recognition,” Akhund said in his first major public broadcast appearance since he assumed the role in September.
Foreign powers have been reluctant to recognize the Taliban administration which took over Afghanistan in August while Western nations led by the United States have frozen billions of dollars worth of Afghan banking assets and cut off development funding that once formed the backbone of Afghanistan’s economy.
Akhund and other Taliban administration officials made an appeal at the news conference, also attended by United Nations officials, for a loosening of restrictions on money into the country, blaming its growing economic crisis on the freezing of funds.
“Short-term aid is not the solution; we must try to find a way to solve problems fundamentally,” he added.
The international community has ramped up humanitarian aid, designed to address urgent needs and largely bypass official channels. But as the country faces a cash crunch and a deteriorating economy over the harsh winter, millions of people have plunged into poverty.
The UN Secretary General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Deborah Lyons also spoke at the event, saying Afghanistan’s economic crisis was a serious problem that needed to be addressed by all countries.
“The United Nations is working to revitalise Afghanistan’s economy and fundamentally address Afghanistan’s economic problems,” she stated.
Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, noted the Taliban administration was seeking economic relations with the international community.
“Humanitarian aid is the short-term solution to economic problems; but what is needed to solve problems in the long run is the implementation of infrastructure projects,” he added.
Iranian Health Ministry figures on Wednesday showed that 4,060 people tested positive for Covid countrywide, which was hundreds higher compared to yesterday’s caseload. On Tuesday, the Health Ministry logged 3,653 new cases.
Meanwhile, the figures put the number of Covid deaths on Wednesday at 19. The total death toll is 132,132. Iranian officials are blaming the rising number of infections on Covid’s new variant Omicron that has already overwhelmed much of Europe and the entire US. The officials say a new wave of the disease driven by Omicron has begun in Iran and it will culminate in a couple of weeks.
They are urging citizens to get their boosters to help keep the pandemic under control or risk grappling with an immense new wave of the Coronavirus.
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