Iranian Foreign Minister Mohamed Javad Zarif shakes hands with his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni before they start a meeting in Tehran yesterday. The Italian foreign minister’s visit is the latest in a series of trips by European officials seeking closer economic and political ties with Iran after its nuclear agreement with world powers. Before his visit, Gentiloni was quoted by the Iranian Mehr news agency as saying the nuclear agreement “will serve as an opportunity for a gradual improvement in the two countries’ relations”.
