North Korea and Iran are set to discuss economic relations in Tehran in the coming days, according to state media, after Pyongyang dispatched its first government delegation to Iran in almost five years. 

DPRK Minister of External Economic Relations Yun Jong Ho left Pyongyang on Tuesday, the Rodong Sinmun reported the following day, without specifying the duration or schedule of the trip.

Yun recently led an economic delegation to Russia for one week, suggesting his trip to Iran may be of similar length.

The last time a high-level North Korean delegation publicly visited Iran was in August 2019,