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March 15th, 2015 
David Schulberg
On Saturday, Iranian Minister of Culture Ali Jannati ended a three-day-long visit to Rome, which he made at the head of a delegation from the Islamic Republic.
“The memorandum of understanding we signed today is a three-year program. It reverberates on a vast array of matters involving public and private bodies and institutions,” Jannati said.
His Italian counterpart Dario Franceschini said, “The agreement with the Iranian government includes tight cooperation in a number of sectors such as cinema, music, archeology, museum exchanges, and tourism. We are really proud of the outcome of this meeting.”
Jannati also noted that despite some past political tension between Italy and Iran, relations between the two countries have remained strong.
Rome was for decades one of Tehran’s biggest commercial partners. The trade volume between the two countries was rated at more than seven billion euros in 2006. However, with Italy supporting the UN Security Council’s economic sanctions against Iran, the amount slumped to 1.2 billion euros by 2013.
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