TEHRAN -- The engineers of a giant Saudi firm visited the Shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad. Some managers of engineers of the Bin Laden Construction Firm, which is in charge of the development of the projects of Masjid-un-Nabi and the holy Ka'ba, visited the development and beautification project of the Shrine of Imam Reza, in Mashhad the northwestern province of Iran. Relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia have improved significantly over the past two years.

President Khatami is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia next week. This is the first time an Iranian president visits Saudi Arabia in post-Revolution Iran.