President Rouhani sent a message to the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (parliament) and introduced Dr Ardakanian and Dr Gholami for Ministry of Science, Research and Technology and Ministry of Energy.

President Rouhani sent a message to the WHO Global Conference on Noncommunicable Diseases in Montevideo, Uruguay and wrote: "We are fully prepared to share our experience with all countries, and reciprocally use world knowledge and experience to promote people's health".

President Rouhani met with wounded war veteran Morteza Rahmani Nahad and said: “You dear veterans did a great job and, in addition to attending the Sacred Defence, have been suffering from your disabilities”.

The Council of Ministers approved that 10 per cent of the activities of the Ministry of Health and Medical Education be handed over to the private sector.

President Rouhani stressed that the Islamic Republic of Iran was ready to cement and deepen bilateral, regional and international ties with Uzbekistan and that there was no obstacle on the path of development of these relations.

President Rouhani sent a message to the new President of Kyrgyzstan Sooronbay Jeenbekov to congratulate him on his election and stressed that Tehran considers no limitation to deepening inclusive ties with Bishkek.

President Rouhani appreciated the authorities, people and parties’ integrity and vigilance in response to the recent remarks by the President of the United States and said: “Trump’s recent remarks became ineffective by people’s awareness and resistance”.

President Rouhani described Islam and republicanism as two strong pillars of the Islamic System and the heritage of the Late Imam Khomeini.

President Rouhani appointed Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance and Minister of Education as "Members of Board of Trustees of Martyrs and Veterans' Foundation".

The Council of Ministers convened on Sunday in a regular weekly session chaired by President Rouhani and approved the regulations on the identification of important oil contracts and how they are concluded.

President Rouhani stressed further development of relations and cooperation between Iran and Norway in all fields, especially in the economic sector, adding: "The Islamic Republic of Iran is willing to further deepen ties and economic cooperation with Norway and the private and public sectors of the two countries should have the opportunity to have joint projects with each other".

President Rouhani described Iran-Greece relations historical, and said: "Tehran and Athens have very good potentials to develop relations in various fields and the Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to activate all these potentials".

"We believe that spoiling the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is equal to undermining security and stability of the region and the world, and we hope the European Union prevents incorrect moves that are detrimental to international peace and cooperation," said the president, stressing that Switzerland could play a very constructive role in regional and international issues.

President Rouhani described relations between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Czech Republic as positive and developing and emphasised: "There are no obstacles to the development of Tehran-Prague inclusive relations".

President Rouhani described deepening and cementing ties with African countries, especially Nigeria as a key principle of Iran's foreign policy and stressed that major Iranian companies were ready to advance developmental projects in Nigeria.