Iran’s first Vice-President Parviz Davoudi said his country’s relations with Syria are at the highest levels possible, adding that Tehran has not set a limit on the expansion of its relations with Damascus.

Trade between Iran and Thailand grew to $409.990 mln in the first half of this year, up 74.76 per cent over the comparable 2006 figure of $234.60 mln, the Iranian ambassador to Thailand said on Friday.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a message to Heinz Fischer on Friday extended his congratulations to the Austrian president, government and nation on the country’s national day.