Syrian President Bashar Assad arrived here Tuesday for a four-day visit to discuss regional issues and bilateral ties, Anatolia news agency reported.

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has raised a very specific view in his Tuesday meeting with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.

A senior Iranian law enforcement official said that the Japanese student abducted in Iran’s Kerman province several days ago has been taken to the border province of Sistan and Balouchestan.