'Iran and Pakistan top regional powers' - Iran's minister

Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar says Iran and Pakistan are two influential Muslim countries in the region, reiterating the significance of improving mutual relations in variety of fields, Iranian news agency Press TV reports.

As two key Muslim states in the region, Iran and Pakistan can bolster bilateral cooperation with the purpose of resolving regional woes, said Mohammad-Najjar in a meeting with Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik in Islamabad on Wednesday. 

The Iranian minister, who is on an official visit to Islamabad at the head of a high-ranking delegation, expressed the Islamic Republic's readiness to help Pakistan's development.