https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Italy in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi looked to restore his country's economic clout in Iran Tuesday as he became the highest-ranking European leader to visit Tehran since its nuclear deal with world powers. https://www.thelocal.it/20160412/italian-premier-starts-two-day-iran-trip Tue, 12 Apr 2016 11:07:00 +0200 italian-premier-starts-two-day-iran-trip As the Italian media on Wednesday raged against a decision to cover up nude statues during a visit to a Rome museum by the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, mystery mounted over who actually endorsed it. https://www.thelocal.it/20160127/italy-baffled-over-who-endorsed-nude-statue-cover-up Wed, 27 Jan 2016 18:13:36 +0100 italy-baffled-over-who-endorsed-nude-statue-cover-up Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said there had been no prior discussion between Italy and Iran over Italy’s decision to obscure nude sculptors during a visit to Rome’s Capitoline Museums on Monday. https://www.thelocal.it/20160127/rouhani-didnt-ask-for-nude-statues-to-be-covered-up Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:30:33 +0100 rouhani-didnt-ask-for-nude-statues-to-be-covered-up As the visit to Europe of the Iranian President got underway on Monday, Italy showed its respect for Islamic traditions by covering up the Capitoline Museum's racier exhibits. https://www.thelocal.it/20160126/nude-statues-covered-up-for-rouhanis-visit Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:21:44 +0100 nude-statues-covered-up-for-rouhanis-visit Iran's return to the international fold accelerated on Monday as President Hassan Rouhani sealed multi-billion dollar deals with Italian companies keen to capitalize on the lifting of sanctions on the Islamic Republic. https://www.thelocal.it/20160126/italian-firms-seal-iran-deals-worth-up-to-17-billion Tue, 26 Jan 2016 09:28:09 +0100 italian-firms-seal-iran-deals-worth-up-to-17-billion Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrives on Monday in Italy, beginning his first European tour since a nuclear deal saw sanctions lifted against the Islamic Republic. https://www.thelocal.it/20160125/italy-looks-to-iran-to-revive-trade Mon, 25 Jan 2016 09:25:44 +0100 italy-looks-to-iran-to-revive-trade Italian senators on Thursday urged the government to put human rights before economic relations with Iran, ahead of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Italy on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.it/20151113/italy-must-not-ignore-irans-human-rights-abuses Fri, 13 Nov 2015 08:30:14 +0100 italy-must-not-ignore-irans-human-rights-abuses Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is to visit Italy and France from Saturday, becoming the first Iranian president to travel to Europe for a decade, state news agency IRNA reported. https://www.thelocal.it/20151110/iran-president-to-make-first-europe-visit-in-decade Tue, 10 Nov 2015 09:13:15 +0100 iran-president-to-make-first-europe-visit-in-decade Italy on Wednesday invited Iran's President Hassan Rouhani to Rome for an official visit, as its foreign minister held talks in Tehran following last month's historic nuclear accord. https://www.thelocal.it/20150805/italy-invites-irans-rouhani-for-rome-visit Wed, 05 Aug 2015 12:53:54 +0200 italy-invites-irans-rouhani-for-rome-visit