Ivory Coast’s foreign minister conferred with his Iranian counterpart about bilateral ties as well as regional and international issues in a meeting here in Tehran on Tuesday.

Iran’s judiciary power said here Tuesday that investigations into former Iranian nuclear negotiator Hossein Moussavian, who was detained briefly this year on suspicion of espionage, exonerated him from a majority but not all, crimes.

India should increase its offered price to secure a major contract for liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries signed two years ago, a senior Iranian oil official said on Sunday.