3 quakes measuring 3.5, 3.9 and 3.9 degrees on the Richter scale jolted three regions in Iran’s central province of Fars on Monday.

Chairman of Iran’s State Expediency Council Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in a meeting with South Korea’s ambassador to Tehran here on Monday called on Seoul to bolster participation in Iran’s economic plans.

Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani called on the western countries to give up their preconditions for the resumption of talks with the Islamic Republic.