Poland's senate speaker on official visit to Iran

The visit aligns with Poland's efforts to unblock bilateral contacts and boost trade, after Tehran's decades of isolation from the international community.

The steady inflow of Polish government representatives and business leaders into the country comes in the wake of a landmark deal signed earlier this year between Iran and six world powers, limiting Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for lifting economic sanctions. Poland looks to tapping into the newly opened market and tightening business ties under its programme, Go Iran.

The senate speaker's agenda also includes a visit to the Iranian capital's Dulab military cemetery, the burial ground of some 2,000 Poles, who died in result of fatal health complications developed during internment at Soviet labour camps during World War II.

Some 120,000 Polish refugees fled to Iran, following an amnesty granted by Joseph Stalin to thousands of internees across the Soviet Union. One captive, General Władysław Anders led the evacuation of thousands of Poles to Iran, among them 15,000 children. (aba/rk)

Source: IAR