Parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf pointed to the nine decade old Tehran- Tokyo ties which he said show the depth and length of bilateral historical relations and urged Japan to release Iran's assets.
Tehran, Seoul agree on mechanism for return of frozen assetsIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the mechanism for returning Iranian assets from South Korea has been agreed upon by the parties.
Governor of the Central Bank Iran (CBI) said we believe the Korean banks that have blocked Iran’s monetary assets must pay compensation for these two years appropriately, and of course the amount is a technical matter that needs to be calculated by experts in banking and financial affairs.
Head of the Foreign Policy Strategic Council Kamal Kharrazi said on Monday that Iran-South Korea ties have experienced strategic changes over the past four years which makes the future of relations different from the past.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the visiting South Korean deputy foreign minister are to hold talks later in the day on the seizure of the ship and the Iranian frozen assets, Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday.
