Iran's Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref met with Malaysian Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Datuk Seri Muhammed Sabu, who was in Tehran for the funeral ceremony of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution.
Aref said, "The new climate in Iran and the region has paved the way for the removal of obstacles in relations between Muslim nations." He stressed that countries of the region need to cooperate with Islamic countries for their own interests and development.
The Iranian Vice President said, "Our struggle against the US and the Zionist entity is on behalf of the Palestinian people; we stand against American hegemony and injustice in the region." Aref also said he understood that countries in the region that rely on the US for security should no longer fall into Washington's lap.