Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Sunday assigned Deputy Foreign Minister for European and American Affairs Saeed Jalili as Secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC).

Managing director of Iran’s Bourse Company said that Iranian and Chinese stock exchange markets are due to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on mutual cooperation in the near future.

A 30-member delegation from Iranian traders and industry owners is scheduled to leave Tehran for Moscow Monday morning to explore new grounds for the two countries’ joint economic activities a week after Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a groundbreaking visit to Tehran.