Yusef Jalali
Press TV, Tehran
''The tree of friendship between nations'', this is how top Iranian diplomat, Mohammad Javad Zarif, called this tree he planted in this beautiful park in Tehran.
The ceremonies came as part of the annual tradition of tree planting, which is marked across Iran to usher in the Persian New Year on March 21. The Iranian foreign minister said tree planting is a time for human beings to reconcile, not only with nature, but with each other.