Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi and his Chinese counterpart discussed ways to enhance cooperation in different nuclear fields, particularly nuclear safety.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will depart for New York on Sept. 23 to participate in a session of the United Nations General Assembly, his office announced.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said he would leave Iran for New York on September 23 to attend the United Nations General Assembly.

First Deputy Speaker of Iran's Parliament Masoud Pezeshkian will arrive in Azerbaijan on Sept. 17, the Iranian Embassy in Azerbaijan told Trend.

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano once again confirmed that Iran was honoring its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are expected to hold talks on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session that will open in New York tomorrow, said Iran's foreign ministry's spokesman.

Alexei Likhachev, the head of Russian state nuclear company Rosatom, voiced readiness to enhance nuclear cooperation with Iran to jointly build reactors and generate electricity and fresh water.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi said Tehran is in “constant” contact with Europe over its measures to save the JCPOA, expressing the hope that the remaining parties to the deal will meet on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly session that will open in New York tomorrow.

Senior assistant to Iran's foreign minister for political affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari in a meeting with personal representative of the French president for Syrian affairs, François Sénémaud reviewed the latest developments in Syria, IRNA reported.

Iran’s colza output has registered a 7-fold growth in the last three years, Alireza Mohajer, an official with Iran’s agriculture ministry, said.