Iran’s Deputy FM Amir-Abdollahian received visiting Secretary of Iraq's Islamic Virtue Party, al-Hashimi, in Tehran on Wednesday afternoon.

Media sources have reported that the Russian Special Forces have been collaborating with Hezbollah fighters to help the Syrian government forces to seize back the towns and mountainous villages in Latakia governorate.

Iran said on Thursday that it has signed contracts with Russia worth a total of around $40 billion over different industrial infrastructure projects.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says a political approach through intra-Syrian dialogue is the only solution to the crisis in Syria.