President braves hardliners’ accusations of appeasing west in attempt to revive Iran’s global image and rebuild economic tiesThe Iranian president,Hassan Rouhani, is embarking on a major European visit, and the first such trip in more than a decade,in order to reintroduce Iran into a continent that was the country’s largest trading partner before sanctions.
Bolstered by the landmark Iranian nuclear agreement, the moderate cleric is due in Rome on Saturday and Paris next week on consecutive official visits he hopes will revive Iran’s global image and rebuild economic ties. The trip comes a few months after Tehran agreed to roll back its nuclear activities in exchange for the lifting of sanctions, and including an discontinuance to the EU embargo on imports of Iranian oil.
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Source: theguardian.com