Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in a meeting with Iran’s ambassador to Hanoi Seyed Javad Ghavam Shahidi stressed the need for the expansion of economic and trade relations between the two countries.

International Atomic Energy Agency deputy head Olli Heinonen said talks with Iran on Thursday over its nuclear drive were “constructive” and that some “important steps” were made.

At least 18 people were killed and 24 others injured in a road accident Friday when a truck slammed into a bus full passengers in northern Iran.