Reuters - Iran has signed memorandums of understanding with Russia and Kazakhstan for the temporary importation of wheat, Deputy Agriculture Minister Ali Akbar Mehrfard told the official IRNA news agency.

�Given that the capacity of the flour factories of the country is double the domestic consumption needs, the temporary import of wheat for producing flour can be counted as a benefit for the economy of our country,� Mehrfard said.

Iran has also signed memorandums of understanding with the two countries for the transit and trade of wheat, Mehrfard said.

Reporting by Babak Dehghanpisheh in Geneva; editing by Jason Neely