According to IRNA Vice-President for Communications and Information Affairs Parviz Ismaili said in a message released on his twitter account that Rouhani is scheduled to leave Tehran for Istanbul on Tuesday evening to participate in the OIC summit.

The official said that Rouhani will give a lecture at the OIC emergency meeting.

Turkey as a rotating president of the OIC has called for a meeting of the OIC on Wednesday to confer on a recent decision by US President Donald Trump to transfer its embassy from Tel-Aviv to Quds.

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