Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif welcomed his North Korean counterpart, Ri Yong Ho, to Tehran on Tuesday, hours after the United States reintroduced sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
It was the first visit by a senior North Korean official to Iran during the second term of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and was made upon a request by the North Korean foreign minister, IRNA said.
Earlier Tuesday, President Donald Trump posted his latest Twitter message, cautioning countries against doing business with Iran.
« I am asking for WORLD PEACE, nothing less! » Trump added.
Trump ended US participation in the Iranian nuclear deal — orchestrated by the Obama administration — in May.
He has long been a fierce critic of the agreement — even before he was a presidential candidate — and has called it « insane.
