TEHRAN, October 1 (IslamOnline & news Agencies) - Iran and Egypt, two heavy-weight countries in the Islamic world, are working to mend their fences.

Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi and his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Maher ushered in the new rapprochement bid during a meeting in New York held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session..

Commenting on his meeting with Kharazi in New York, Maher said in comments published by Egyptian newspapers on Sunday September 29, that Egypt was to hold talks with Iran aimed at normalizing diplomatic relations broken off after the 1979 Islamic revolution.

The ministers also agreed that the two countries' embassies to the United Nations would hold talks on the remaining obstacles to a full restoration of ties, Maher said.

Iranian officials said Tuesday, October 01, 2002, that the country has yet to decide whether to change the name of a Tehran street commemorating the assassin of Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, despite signs that Tehran and Cairo are seeking to restore diplomatic ties.

An official on Tehran city council said a decision to rename Khaled Eslamboli Avenue had been made, but that the foreign ministry had been given the final say.

But a foreign ministry official said it had yet to rule on the matter: "If a decision is made, it is going to be announced," the official told AFP.

The street name is one of the obstacles to restoring full diplomatic relations between Tehran and Cairo.

The street also features a large mural of the man who gunned down Sadat at a military parade in October 1981.

For its part, Cairo has a street named after the former shah of Iran, who was given shelter by the Sadat government and died in Egypt in 1980.

Back in January, Tehran city council said it was in favor of renaming the street "Martyrs of the Intifada", in honor of those who have died in the Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation.