Qom, May 20, IRNA � President Hassan Rouhani met with senior clerics in the holy city of Qom on Friday.

The president, who arrived in Qom earlier in the day, in separate meetings, met with Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpayegani and Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi.

He is also scheduled to meet with Ayatollah Hossein Vahid Khorasani later on Friday.

Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, Presidential Chief of Staff Mohammad Nahavandian, Vice-President for Parliamentary Affairs Majid Ansari and Vice-President for Executive Affairs Mohammad Shariatmadari, as well as Hesameddin Ashena, a media advisor to the president are accompanying President Rouhani in his visit to Qom.

By IRNA