US sanctions will not bring Iran to the negotiating table, said Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, the head of Iran's Planning and Budget Organization.

Following the national anthem of the two countries were performed, the presidents reviewed the guard of honor and then introduced the high-ranking delegations to each other, irna.ir reports.

An Iranian official has dismissed the report by Reuters that said the Islamic Republic has agreed with Iraq to trade gas and energy supplies for food.

A member of Iranian Parliament Abolfazl Musavi Biuki believes that under the present circumstances, with Japan exempted from Washington’s oil sanctions, Iran can easily benefit from this situation, by purchasing planes in exchange for oil, and renew its aviation fleet, ICANA reported.

Depreciation of the US dollar in Iran is due to political issues, Majid Reza Hariri, a member of the Staff of Representatives at the Iranian Chamber of Commerce, said in an interview with ISNA.

“The cultural committee that has been formed as part of the Iran-Russia Cooperation Commission has brought new opportunities for both countries to expand cultural relations,” Abbas Salehi told Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).

Head of Iran-Iraq Chamber of Commerce Yahya Al-e Es'haq has refuted the Reuters report regarding the exchange of Iranian gas for Iraqi food supplies, ILNA reported.

The US sanctions have created new opportunities for cooperation between Iran and India, ILNA cited Chairman of the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture Masoud Khansari as saying.

The Iranian Guardian Council’s remarks about the Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT) bill will be considered in the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Ardeshir Nourian, a member of the Commission, said in an interview with IRNA.

By rejecting the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) bill, Iran runs the risk of losing the fragile support that the international community is still lending to it.