Iran's president returns home after mission at UN General Assembly

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani left the US for Iran after accomplishing a five-day mission at the 68th Annual Session of the UN General Assembly in New York. President Rouhani left New York for Tehran on Friday night after finishing his mission at the UN General Assembly meeting. During his mission, in various sideline meetings, the Iranian president held talks on the most important international and regional issues with the senior world officials, and discussed the ways for expansion of bilateral ties with the friendly countries. In the last moments of his presence in New York, President Rouhani talked with US President Barack Obama over the phone. The two presidents discussed different issues during their phone conversation. The Iranian and US presidents underlined the need for a political will for expediting resolution of West’s standoff with Iran over the latter’s nuclear program. President Rouhani and President Obama stressed the necessity for mutual cooperation on different regional issues. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his US counterpart John Kerry were commissioned to follow up talks between the two countries.