Publish Date: 16 September 2015 - 10:03

TEHRAN, Sep. 16 (MNA) – Iranian President Rouhani congratulated Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega Saavedra on Independence Day.

In a message to his Nicaraguan counterpart, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani extended warm greetings and felicitations on the occasion of Nicaraguan Independence Day.

Addressing President Daniel Ortega Saavedra, Rouhani wished him, the government and the nation of Nicaragua well-being, progress, and prosperity.

On the same day on September 15, 1821, Nicaragua along with with four other Central American countries, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, gained their independence from Spain.