The official website of Baku 2017 Islamic Games had wrongly referred to Azerbaijan Republic as the origin of Iran’s ancient Zurkhaneh sport, but it later corrected the mistake.
A direct passenger train service has been launched between Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad and Azerbaijan’s landlocked region of Nakhchivan, a report said.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent visit to Azerbaijan Republic, a northern neighbour of Iran, and the signing of a military deal between Tel Aviv and Baku, has turned to a source of concern for Tehran.
Iran’s Minister of Communications Mahmoud Vaezi said the time is ripe for mutual cooperation between the two countries in the fields of e-commerce and financial post services.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the President of Azerbaijan Republic Ilham Aliyev will hold a trilateral meeting in Baku on August 8 to confer on various issues including the expansion of defence and security cooperation.
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.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has urged Azerbaijan and Armenia to exercise restraint in dealing with the current conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, saying Tehran wants peace and stability restored to the region.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says promotion of Islam will act as a countermeasure to divisive plots by Takfiri groups.
Iran says following close consultation between Iranian and Azeri officials, a more suitable condition has been created for Azeris to respect Islamic ceremonies as well as the sanctity of religious sites in Azerbaijan.
The minister of communications and information technology has said that a number of Iran's private banks are interested in entering Azerbaijan's banking market.
Termination of sanctions after the conclusion of a nuclear deal between Iran and P5+1 has prepared the ground for expansion of economic cooperation between the two countries, said Tayyebnia.
The Iranian and Azerbaijani presidents have emphasized the need for the further enhancement of Tehran-Baku relations in different domains, particularly in the energy sector.
Azeri Defense Minister Lieutenant General Zakir Hasanov has said Baku will not allow its territory to be used for any action against the Islamic Republic.
Azerbaijan’s Communications and Advanced Technologies Minister Ali Abbasov plans to pay an official visit to Tehran in the second half of June to promote Tehran-Baku ties in various fields of communications and information Technology (IT).