Mashhad, Khorassan Razavi Prov, IRNA � A 100-member trade and economic delegation from big French companies arrived in this provincial capital city Tuesday evening in northeast of Iran.

The French delegation will stay in the holy city of Mashhad till Wednesday afternoon.

Mashhad is most famous and revered for housing the tomb of Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Shia Imam.

Members of the French economic delegation are planned to visit provincial opportunities, capabilities and potentials.

The French delegation arrived in Iran on September 20.

By IRNA