Seyed Ebrahim Raeisi, who heads Iran’s Judiciary, has registered to officially run in the June 18 presidential election, shortly after announcing his candidacy as an “independent.”

Managing director of National Petrochemical Company (NPC) said the company is seriously pursuing a plan for diversifying the product basket of the country’s petrochemical industry by implementing new projects in the downstream sector.

Iran has reached a primary agreement with Afghanistan to invest $5.3 billion in the country’s transportation and infrastructure projects, an official with the Iranian Transport and Urban Development Ministry announced.

Managing Director of Tehran Electricity Distribution Company said Iran's Power Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Company (known as Tavanir) has allocated 7,253 megawatts (MW) of electricity for Tehran province during summer, so considering the current consumption level Tehrani households must save 1,540 MW in summer to prevent blackouts.

As the U.S. troops are preparing to leave Afghanistan and Iraq, the violence and terrorist attacks in both countries are on the rise and the recent bomb blast and bloodshed in Afghanistan once again showed that the foreign forces do not really like the regional countries to enjoy peace and stability, and through violence and bomb blasts they want to impose themselves on those countries.

Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Ali Asghar Mounesan said Iran pays special attention to regional tourism because it helps develop relations.

Iranian election officials begun registering individuals hoping to contest the presidential vote slated for June 18, officially starting an electoral process that will climax on Election Day and end after all ballots have been counted.

Head of the Iran-South Korea Joint Chamber of Commerce Mr. Hossein Tanhaei says the trade between Iran and South Korea has reached its lower level in the past 15 years.

Chairman of the Executive Council of the World IPU in Iran's Parliament Ahmad Naderi in meeting with Indonesian Ambassador to Tehran Mr. Ronny Prasetyo Yuliantoro called for expansion of bilateral parliamentary ties.

Chairman of the Iran-​Switzerland Chamber of Commerce believes economic growth of the country without political agreement with the world is unlikely and he welcomed the new 25-year cooperation document with China.