Iranian President Rouhani told the visiting Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci that bilateral relations of Iran and Turkey are beneficial for regional and international peace and stability.

President Rouhani stated that the Islamic Republic of Iran and Turkey enjoy ample historical and cultural commonalities and further deepening of bilateral, regional and international relations between the two countries beneficial for peace and stability"...

The Iranian parliament approved the draft bill on the construction of a hydroelectric power plant on the Aras River, the Armenian embassy in Tehran reported.

On April 17, the Iranian parliament decided to start discussions with Armenia on the construction of a hydroelectric power plant on the Aras River.

The project on the construction of the Meghri HPP has been on the"...

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has welcomed the recent statement by the African Union on developments in Syria.

In remarks made on Wednesday, Qassemi hailed the African Union’s statement which condemned the use of chemical weapons in Syria and stressed the need for close examination of the facts by independent authorities and the need for a political solution to the Syrian crisis.

The"...

Iranian and international experts have opined for some time that Iran’s banking sector is at risk of a financial collapse due to toxic assets. It is no secret that over the past decade all Iranian banks were negatively affected by sanctions, internal mismanagement and corruption. Another disturbing factor in the financial sector has been the presence of unlicensed financial institutions that distorted the market and created unregulated competition for regulated banks. Furthermore, corruption and government interference"...

Iran’s Education Minister Seyyed Mohammad Bathaei and Russian president’s aide for educational affairs, Andri Fursenko, underscored the need for enhancing educational cooperation between the two countries.

Bathaei, who is currently in Moscow at the invitation of his Russian counterpart to attend an international educational exhibition themed ‘New Educational Ecosystem’ will return home on Friday.

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Top Ukrainian official on Wednesday called for promotion of banking cooperation with Iran and urged elevation of all-out ties between the two states.

Head of Ukraine-Iran parliamentary friendship group Leonid Kozachenko in a meeting with Iranian Ambassador to Ukraine Mohammad Beheshti Monfared stressed that he will do its best to deepen ties between Tehran and Kiev.

Kozachenko and Beheshti Monfared conferred on the issues to be discussed"...

Iran's Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics and Iraqi Ministry of Communications on Wednesday signed a technical and specialized cooperation agreement.

The deal was inked in the presence of Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami and Iraqi Minister of Communications Hassan Kazim al-Rashid.

The Iranian minister said at the signing ceremony that the fight against Daesh terrorist group served to reveal the"...

Iran intends to build a highway through Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, providing itself access to the Mediterranean Sea. According to Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, Tehran concluded bilateral agreements on construction of a 1.700-kilometer highway with Iraqi and Syrian authorities. The highway will connect Iran with ports in Syria and Lebanon and capitals of these countries. It is planned to build up to 300 mobile police stations in the course of traffic. The project will be implemented by Iranian company. Construction will take up"...

Iran’s Vice-President for Women and Family Affairs Massoumeh Ebtekar says women can play a leading role in the expansion of economic ties between Tehran and Stockholm.

In a Tuesday meeting with Ann Linde, Sweden’s Minister for European Union Affairs and Trade, Ebtekar said creating micro funds and corporations for women and sponsoring women’s entrepreneurship in tourism industry and handicrafts are among the major opportunities"...

High-ranking Iranian and Tajik officials in a meeting in Dushanbe on Tuesday underlined the necessity for the further development of economic and energy cooperation between the two countries.

The meeting was held between Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Tajik President Emomali Rahmon.

During the meeting, they discussed bilateral ties as well as regional"...