Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in a meeting with Swedish parliament speaker in Stockholm on Monday underlined the need for the deepening of parliamentary relations between the two countries.

A prominent lawmaker said the election of mayor should not be politicized or influenced by lobbies.

Iran needs to postpone until September a plan scheduled for implementation this month to ration petrol that is expected to have a huge impact on the economy, a prominent MP said on Monday.