Turkish Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin arrived in Iran, TRT Russian reports.

Turkey seeks to develop inter-parliamentary relations with Iran, contribute to bilateral cooperation, Sahin told reporters at the airport. According to him, there has been an exemplary cooperation between the two states in recent years.

Sahin held meetings with Vice Speaker of Iranian Parliament Shahabeddin Sadr, the Turkish Anadolu agency reports.

He is also to meet Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Motaki, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Iran's supreme leader Ali Hoseini-Khamenei.

Sahin will return to Turkey on June 15.