Alireza Enayati said his Saudi counterpart would arrive in Tehran later this week, Iran's state news agency Irna reported.
Mr Enayati met Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian, who made recommendations on the strengthening of relations with Saudi Arabia, he told Irna.
Mr Enayati has previously served as Iran's deputy ambassador to Riyadh, ambassador to Kuwait, aide to the Iranian foreign minister and director general for Gulf affairs at the Foreign Ministry.
Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed in March to a Chinese-brokered deal to resume diplomatic and economic relations after years of tensions.
The closed Iranian embassy in the Saudi capital Riyadh in April. AFP
The Saudi embassy in Tehran and its consulate in Mashhad have also resumed operations.
Mr Amirabdollahian visited Saudi Arabia last month and held “frank and fruitful” talks with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Mr Enayati said Iran-Saudi relations were progressing at a steady pace in an interview with Iranian newspaper Shargh on Saturday.
“We are serious, and we feel that Saudi Arabia is also serious in developing ties and deepening relations,” he said.
Iran and Saudi Arabia “are able, through bilateral co-operation and based on the long-term future prospects, to build a base for collective co-operation away from foreign interference in the region”, he said.
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Tickets start from Dh100 for adults and are now on sale at www.ticketmaster.ae and Virgin Megastores across the UAE. Three-day and travel packages are also available at 20 per cent discount.
Evacuations to France hit by controversy
Over 500 Gazans have been evacuated to France since November 2023
Evacuations were paused after a student already in France posted anti-Semitic content and was subsequently expelled to Qatar
The Foreign Ministry launched a review to determine how authorities failed to detect the posts before her entry
Artists and researchers fall under a programme called Pause that began in 2017
It has benefited more than 700 people from 44 countries, including Syria, Turkey, Iran, and Sudan
Since the start of the Gaza war, it has also included 45 Gazan beneficiaries
Unlike students, they are allowed to bring their families to France
Moscow claimed it hit the largest military fuel storage facility in Ukraine, triggering a huge fireball at the site.
A plume of black smoke rose from a fuel storage facility in the village of Kalynivka outside Kyiv on Friday after Russia said it had destroyed the military site with Kalibr cruise missiles.
"On the evening of March 24, Kalibr high-precision sea-based cruise missiles attacked a fuel base in the village of Kalynivka near Kyiv," the Russian defence ministry said in a statement.
Ukraine confirmed the strike, saying the village some 40 kilometres south-west of Kyiv was targeted.
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Real estate tokenisation project
Dubai launched the pilot phase of its real estate tokenisation project last month.
The initiative focuses on converting real estate assets into digital tokens recorded on blockchain technology and helps in streamlining the process of buying, selling and investing, the Dubai Land Department said.
Dubai’s real estate tokenisation market is projected to reach Dh60 billion ($16.33 billion) by 2033, representing 7 per cent of the emirate’s total property transactions, according to the DLD.
