Iran’s president is expected to nominate caretaker Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari as permanent minister by the end of this week or next week, a presidential aide said on Sunday.

Iraqi Kurdistan said Iran had reopened its border crossings with northern Iraq after closing them last month due to prevailing insecurities.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to pay a visit to Tehran on Tonight to attend a summit of the Caspian Sea littoral states.