Iran has put the last touches on the export of 3b cm of gas to Syria annually, after Tehran and Damascus put pen into paper for the deal.

Iran says the UN needs to undergo major reform, adding that the developments in the past 60 years require the United Nations to make changes.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel cancelled a speech to the Council of Europe in protest at an invitation to the head of the outlawed Iranian opposition.