A 30-member delegation from Iranian traders and industry owners is scheduled to leave Tehran for Moscow Monday morning to explore new grounds for the two countries’ joint economic activities a week after Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a groundbreaking visit to Tehran.

Iran’s deputy foreign minister plans to raise a proposal at the next meeting of the group of 8 developing Muslim countries (D-8) for the joint manufacture of cars by the D-8 member states.

The World Bank (WB) in its latest report on Iran’s agricultural status confessed that it has not provided due financial support for the Islamic Republic’s development programs in recent years, particularly in the agriculture sector.