Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Minister of Information and Communications Technology Issa Zarepour has said that Iran is one of the leading countries in the region in communication and information technology and has made significant efforts in the development of international relations among the members of this organization in the past year.

Zarepour made the remarks during a meeting in Tehran with Secretary General of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation Isiaka Abdulqadir Imam.

Referring to the latest promotions in Iran's ICT, he added that the Islamic Republic of Iran has developed various domestically-developed platforms and messengers by relying on its experts.

He said that these platforms are now hosting millions of Iranian users and have been able to boost business activity in virtual space to a large extent, announcing that Iran is ready to transfer experience and technology in this field with the member states of the D-8 Economic Cooperation Organization.

Developing Eight (D-8) was established through the Istanbul Declaration, which was agreed upon at the First D-8 Summit on June 15, 1997, in Istanbul, Turkiye.

D-8 consists of eight developing countries, namely Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkiye.

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