Iranian deputy commerce minister said that the total volume of Iran’s trade exchanges with the Arab countries of the Middle-East amounted to $16 bln during the last (Iranian) year.

Iranian government allowed Ministry of Road and Transportation to endorse a temporary agreement with Tajikistan on transportation of goods and passengers via the roads linking the two Persian-language-speaking countries.

Chairman of Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaoddin Boroujerdi said the upcoming visit to Iran by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki could be followed by great achievements.