A high-ranking Iranian delegation headed by Minister of Industries, Mining and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh will attend the St. Petersburg International Forum to be held during June 16-18, 2016. Setting up a panel on post-sanctions Iran and meeting Russian ministers to discuss economic issues are among the scheduled activities of the Iranian delegation, IRNA reported. More than 45 presidents, prime ministers and ministers from 32 countries took part in the previous session of the forum in 2015, where the Russians succeeded in signing more than 205 commercial contracts worth around €5.3 billion.
