TEHRAN – Gary Lewis, the outgoing UN ambassador to Iran, has said that Iran will always be “in my heart and I was very much impressed by the great Iranian civilization in the past five years living and working there.” 

In an interview with IRNA published on Saturday, Lewis said the Iranian people are powerful and can “play a very important role” in building the future of the mankind.

He also pointed to the need to pay more attention to the environment, urging cooperation between Iran and Afghanistan to resolve the environmental problems in the border regions.

MH/PA