TEHRAN- The 4th Iran Automotive Industry International Conference (IAIIC), which was due to be held on November 14-15 in Tehran, has been deferred until mid-February 2017, ISNA reported on Wednesday.

According to the secretary general of the conference, Sasan Qorbani, the event will be held on February 12 and 13 due to the requests made by some of its foreign participants.
As previously reported, representatives from Renault, Peugeot, Citroen, Hyundai, and Scania are supposed to attend the conference and many other companies like Indian carmakers Tata Motors and Mahindra have also expressed willingness to join it.
There was some news that the South Korean automaker Hyundai and Volkswagen of Germany have been negotiating with Iran to start manufacturing their products in the country.
Sources close to the matter say that probably the agreements with the mentioned automakers will be concluded on the sidelines of the fourth Iran Automotive Industry International Conference.

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