Iran's Minister of Agriculture Gholamreza Nouri Ghezeljeh has said his country’s cooperation with Japan on water and food would benefit entire region, adding Iran can act as a transit corridor for export of Japanese products.

EghtesadOnline: The recent prisoner swap between Iran and the United States could be seen as a "positive" signal, but is unlikely to lead to direct bilateral talks as Tehran-Washington political ties are "complicated" in nature, a political analyst says.