Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Expatriates’ Affairs Hassan Qashqavi said Tehran and Kuala Lumpur will finalize an extradition agreement following an upcoming visit to Malaysia by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

Iran is assisting neighboring Iraq in the fight against terrorism at the request of Baghdad’s government, Head of the Strategic Research Center of Iran’s Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati said, reiterating that the support is confined to advisory help.

Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic church, thanked Ayatollah Makarem-Shirazi for his letter to the Vatican City.

The representative of Khuzestan in the Assembly of Experts warned the believing forces to be vigilant over the enemies’ influence, divisiveness and sedition.

Ayatollah Makarem-Shirazi, “We must pay careful attention to mourning ceremonies for Imam al-Husayn and rituals so they are not contaminated by superstitions.”

The Iranian Foreign Ministry’s spokesman has denied claims made by a US official that a missile used by Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah fighters to destroy an Emirati military vessel was made by Iran.

President Hassan Rouhani, on a key visit to Asia, says Iran and Vietnam have decided to increase bilateral trade volume fivefold to over $2 billion per year.