Croatia–Iran relations
diplomatic relations between the Republic of Croatia and the Islamic Republic of Iran
Croatia and Iran established diplomatic relations on April 18, 1992 when Iran became the 7th country in the world and the first among Asian and Muslim-majority countries to recognize the newly independent Croatia. Croatia has an embassy in Tehran while Iran has an embassy and a cultural center in Zagreb. Relations between the two countries are described as good and friendly.
Relations
Iranian vice-president Hassan Habibi visited Croatia in 1995 while the Iranian president Mohammad Khatami visited Zagreb in 2005. Croatian president Stjepan Mesić had a three-day state visit to Iran in 2001. In 2008 Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for expansion of Iran-Croatia ties. During the same year, the Croatian national oil company INA expanded actively in the Ardabil Province.
In October 2011, a senior Iranian parliamentary delegation visited Croatia and met with President Ivo Josipović and Foreign Minister Gordan Jandroković.
President of the Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani met with the President of the Croatian Parliament Josip Leko in October 2013. Both of them expressed their desire to strengthen cooperation between Iran and Croatia in the field of economy, trade, culture, science, sports, agriculture and energy, as well as to expand parliamentary cooperation.
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