TEHRAN The Iranian education minister said that the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) has earned a special standing in the world, and its role and importance is increasing every day in Iran.

According to reports from the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Education, Hossein Mozaffar the education minister in a meeting with the director general of ISESCO, said that cultural, scientific and educational relations with ISESCO would increase when the ISESCO regional office opens in Iran.

Mozaffar, who is also the director of ISESCO's High Council in Iran, said that the decision to establish an office in Iran was taken at the seventh conference of the organization, adding that the office would be established in two months.

He also said that countries located in Central Asia, Southeast Asia and the Caucasus would all be affiliated to this office.

Also, the director general of ISESCO said that Iran was one of the greatest Islamic countries that supports ISESCO and that the establishment of the ISESCO regional office would raise the status of the organization.