Iran’s first Vice-President Parviz Davoudi extended his congratulations to Moudibo Sidibe and the Malian government and nation on his appointment as the country’s prime minister.

Iran’s caretaker Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari here Thursday assigned Ali Kordan as his acting deputy.

Secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council Mohsen Rezayee proposed that Muslim countries establish a union under the title of Arab Asia in order to achieve regional convergence.