Seyyed Kamal Kharrazi, the president of the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, visited the 30^th edition of Tehran International Book Fair on Sunday, May 7, 2017. During his tour of the book fair, Kharrazi also attended a ceremony held to unveil the latest published works of Abrar Moaser Tehran International Studies and Research Institute and, for the first time following the conclusion of the first Tehran Security Conference in 2016, explained the main subject and topics to be discussed during the second edition of Tehran Security Conference, which is expected to be held in December 2017.

Tehran’s Ambassador to Kuala Lumpur Marzieh Afkham said on Friday that massive participation in the May 19 presidential election will promote the international status of Iran.

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani sent a message to the president-elect of South Korea, Moon Jae-in, and congratulated him on his election.

The Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has warned the international community of the major threat posed by the Israeli regime's nuclear arsenal to global peace and security, urging the creation of a Middle East region without nukes.

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani congratulated Emmanuel Macron on his election as the new president of France and expressed hope that Tehran-Paris ties be developed and deepened more than before.

Iranian ambassador to Vienna Ebadollah Molaei announced Iran-Austria trade volume has increased three-fold.
“Iran’s exports to Austria have significantly increased. The trade volume between the two countries stood at 121 million euros in the first two months of 2017 as compared to 34 million euros in 2016,” Molaei said in an exclusive interview with ISNA.

Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed the upcoming presidential election in Iran with his Canadian counterpart Chrystia Freeland during a phone call.

Iran, Turkey and Russia signed on Thursday a document on creating safe zones in Syria.

The document was signed at the end of the fourth round of the Syria peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan.

Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Gholamali Khoshroo said on Thursday that comments made by Saudi Arabian Defense Minister Mohammed bin Salman are “unveiled threat” against Iran and violation of the UN Charter.

Head of the Strategic Research Center of Iran’s State Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati called on the European states, specially Italy, to play a bigger role in international peace and stability.