Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is due to travel to India soon in the wake of a landmark breakthrough in the nuclear negotiations between the Tehran and world powers, a senior Indian diplomat announced.

A delegation from Afghanistan’s trade and mining sectors is slated to pay a visit to Tehran in near future, an Iranian official announced.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Seyed Abbas Araqchi referred to the text of the nuclear deal finalized by Tehran and world powers as an opportunity for Iran to boost its regional, economic, and defense capabilities.

Iran and Syria agreed to establish a joint committee to take necessary measures and coordination for the resumption of Iranian pilgrims’ visit to religious sites in Syria.

Japanese companies could return to a development project in the South Azadegan oilfield in southwest Iran, Kyodo News has quoted a senior Iranian energy official as saying.

Iran's Judiciary Chief Sadeq Amoli Larijani lashed out at the western countries, specially the US, for staging a new wave of Iranophobia after the nuclear agreement between Tehran and the six world powers (the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany) in Vienna on July 14.

The head of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq called for Iraqis to pay attention to the sources of emulation, saying that their recommendations are the only way out of the crises facing Iraq.

A senior Lebanese Sunni scholar has condemned the recent terrorist attack on a mosque in the Asir region of Saudi Arabia and said that Takfiris have proved that they are not just fighting Shi’ites but all Muslims.

“We are making the case for a defence diversification agency because we have a moral duty, and strategic defence and international commitments, to make Britain and the world a safer place,”