Ayatollah Khamenei receives Italian premier in Tehran

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has received Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his accompanying delegation in the Iranian capital, Tehran.

Also present at the Tuesday meeting was Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.

The Italian prime minister arrived in Tehran earlier in the day at the head of a 250-strong political and economic delegation, making him the first major Western figure to travel to Iran after the lifting of international sanctions against the Islamic Republic.

Italian foreign minister, minister of infrastructures and transports, minister of economic development, and minister of agriculture, food and forestry policies as well as businessmen and personalities from Italy’s public and private sectors are accompanying Renzi in the visit.

Six documents for cooperation were later signed during a high-level meeting presided over by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Renzi.

EA