Тhe Director of the Diplomatic Institute Mrs. Tanya Mihaylova conducted a working visit to Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. During the visit a Memorandum of Cooperation between the Diplomatic Institute and the Center for International Research and Education at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran was signed. The Memorandum foresees exchange of experience in the fields of the diplomatic training, research and public activities as well as cooperation between the libraries of the two institutions. The President of the Institute for Political and International Studies Dr. Seyed Kazem Sajjadpour hosted a roundtable dedicated to the bilateral relations between Bulgaria and Iran in the context of the 120th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between the two countries. During the visit Mrs. Mihaylova also met the Dean of the School of International Relations Dr. Mohammad Sheikholeslami and the Director of the Library to the Center for International Research and Education Mr. Mahmoud Esmaeilnia. The Director of the Diplomatic Institute inaugurated an exhibition of old maps with emphasis on the Black Sea and the Persian Gulf titled "The Sea Brings All That is Distant Togather”.