Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived on Monday in Italy, beginning his first European tour since a nuclear deal saw sanctions lifted against the Islamic Republic, AFP reports.
The visit, whose chief aim is to boost economic ties and which will see Rouhani visit France later this week, had been planned for last November but was cancelled after the deadly jihadist attacks in Paris.
The three-day trip comes a week after Tehran's deal with world powers came into force, allowing the United States and the European Union to lift economic sanctions in exchange for Tehran curbing its nuclear activities.