Maulana Yasoob Abbas, General Secretary of the All India Shia Personal Law Board, met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in New Delhi on Friday and called for closer and stronger ties between India and Iran.

During the meeting, Abbas welcomed Pezeshkian on behalf of the Shia community in India and said the Iranian President’s visit provided an opportunity to strengthen mutual understanding and friendship between the people of the two countries.