TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami, in separate messages on Sunday, congratulated the arrival of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, to his counterparts from different Islamic countries.

He sent separate messages to defense ministers of Iraq, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Syria, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Turkey, Indonesia, Algeria, Malaysia, Niger, Mali, Tanzania, Chad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Senegal, Tunisia, Mauritania, Yemen, Bangladesh, and Nigeria.

The Iranian defense minister hoped for ever-increasing unity among Muslin countries.

On Saturday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, First Vice President Es’hagh Jahangiri, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, Iranian Minister of Health and Medical Education Saeed Namaki felicitated their counterparts in the Islamic countries on the arrival of Eid al-Fitr in separate messages. 

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