Iran’s Agricultural Jihad Minister Mohammad Reza Eskandari said his country has joined the club of wheat exporting countries.

Iran said that a US federal court decision to fine Tehran $2 bln and 650 mln for the 1983 bombing of a Marine barracks in Beirut was “baseless” and aimed at plundering Iranian assets.

The third major gathering of Iraq’s neighboring states, including Syria and Iran, starts in Baghdad on Sunday.