New Delhi, Dec 19 : Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Mehdi Akhoundzadeh met External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee here last evening.
India and Iran had held talks on the proposed 7.4 billion dollar Iran-Pakistan-India (IPI) gas pipeline project on Wednesday.
According to reports, the two sides discussed ways to break the deadlock over the project during a high-level meeting.
The Indian side was led by Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon while the Iranian side was led by Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Mehdi Akhoundzadeh.
Earlier, both sides had decided to set up a trilateral Ministerial mechanism to resolve various issues related to the project.