Croatia–Iran relations

Croatia–Iran relations
Croatia–Iran relations
Map indicating locations of Croatia and Iran

Croatia

Iran

Croatian–Iranian relations refer to bilateral foreign relations between Croatia and Iran. Both countries established diplomatic relations on April 18, 1992 when Iran became the 7th country to recognize the newly-independent Croatia. Croatia has an embassy in Tehran and Iran maintains an embassy and a cultural centre in Zagreb.

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History

The Croatian national oil company INA is active in the Ardabil Province.[1]

Iranian vice-president Hassan Habibi visited Croatia in 1995 and Iranian president Mohammad Khatami visited Zagreb, Croatia in 2005..[2] Croatian president Stipe Mesić had a three-day state visit to Iran in 2001.[3] In 2008 Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad hailed the two countries' relations and that their shared cultures and histories, owing to the possible Iranian origin of the Croats, would strengthen those relations.[4]

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