Rouhani is making the trip on official invitation from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, Tasnim news agency reported July 7.
Rouhani`s trip includes attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit and that of BRICS.
BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization or SCO is a Eurasian political, economic and military organization, which was founded in 2001 in Shanghai by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Rouhani`s trip will take two days. He will attend the BRICS meeting on July 9 as special guest and deliver a speech there.
Rouhani will also be one of the main speakers at the SCO summit on July 10.
Iran`s president to visit Russia
07 July 2015
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is going to leave Tehran for Russia on July 9.
