Zarif made the remarks in a meeting with visiting Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Armando Monteiro.
The two officials exchanged views on expansion of relations and cooperation between the two countries.
Zarif said that mutual relations have enjoyed major progress after a visit to Brasilia of the Iranian commerce minister.
Iran possesses new and numerous facilities to broaden cooperation with Brazil and Iran can help Brazil gain access to market of 350 million population in the central Asian region, Zarif said.
The Iranian and Brazilian companies and financial institutes can play leading role to broaden relations and cooperation between the two countries, said the Iranian foreign minister.
Iran and Brazil have a broad-based cooperation in technology, bio-technology, energy, gas and other fields, Zarif said.
The Brazilian minister, for his part, said the Islamic Republic of Iran as a great Persian civilization is of high importance for Brazil.
Brazil calls for expansion of all-out relations and cooperation with Iran, he said adding that on the sidelines of this year UN General Assembly, the presidents of Iran and Brazil called for expansion of relations and cooperation between the two countries.
Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Armando Monteiro leading a 35-member economic delegation arrived in Tehran on Monday.
Brazil is one of the most important economic partner for Iran in Latin America and volume of trade exchange between the two countries exceeded dlrs 1.4 billion a year.
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Zarif: Ties with Brazil top priority of Iran's foreign policy
Oct 26, 2015, 8:26 PM
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Tehran, Oct 26, IRNA - Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday highlighted the status of Brazil among BRICS countries in Latin America and said Iran has given top priority to Brazil in foreign policy.