MNA � A four-day forum on business and technology cooperation between Iran and South Africa has kicked off in South Africa's biggest city Johannesburg in a bid to boost Iranian goods exports.

The four-day forum is taking place in Johannesburg in the presence of Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari, deputy head of South Africa�s Chamber of Commerce, as well as representatives from a number of African and Iranian companies.

The forum aims to establish links between the two countries� private sectors and to hold business talks in a bid to boost the export of Iranian goods to South Africa, transfer technology, or absorb investment and joint cooperation.

Sorena Sattari is in Johannesburg atop a delegation comprising 48 managers of investment and knowledge-based companies active in ICT, health and biotechnology, mining industries, machinery and electronics.