Iran's speaker of the parliament departed Tehran for Beijing on Monday.

Iran Press/Iran news: Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Minister of Oil Bijan Zanganeh, Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Farhad Dejpasand, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran Abdolnaser Hemmati, and the head of the Parliament's Energy Committee Fereidoun Hasanvand accompany Larijani in this visit.

Last week, Ali Larijani departed for Tokyo, the capital of Japan, after attending 11 February (22 Bahman) rallies, Iran Press reported.

China is among the five remaining signatory countries to the nuclear deal who are against Washington’s unilateral action and trying to save the agreement. 

Despite the warnings from Washington, Beijing said it would maintain normal trade ties with Iran, on the grounds that it opposed unilateral sanctions. Beijing has also rejected US request to cut Iran oil Imports.

China is Iran’s biggest trading partner, with two-way trade rising 19 per cent last year to US$37.2 billion. 105/203

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