Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar will soon pay a visit to Damascus at the invitation of his Syrian counterpart Lieutenant General Hassan Ali Turkmani, a defense ministry official said.

 A high-ranking military delegation from Iran arrived in India late on Sunday to attend talks with Indian officials.

Visiting Iranian Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi called for the formation of an advisory assembly by the judiciaries of the Islamic states to pave the ground for the establishment of an international tribunal with the needed judicial and legal authorities.