Italy says Iran Probably Open to Changing Eni Contract Terms

The Italian told his counterpart he hoped the historic nuclear agreement would serve as “a successful example for resolving differences”, the IRNA official news agency reported.

Prime Minister Matteo Renzi invited Rouhani to make the trip “in the coming weeks”, according to a spokesman for Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, who was in Tehran on Wednesday, the latest high-level European official to visit the major oil producer, which is about to exit a tough EU sanctions regime.

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The nuclear deal will lead to global sanctions, which had frozen much European business investment in Iran, being lifted in the coming months.

During the meeting, Tayyebnia called for efforts to double the value of trade exchange between Iran and Italy, which he said stands at $1.5 billion.

Italy, which was not directly part of the nuclear talks, began pushing for better relations with Iran even before the deal was struck, and Gentiloni last visited Tehran in March.

Tayebnia said Italy had agreed to buy Iranian oil once sanctions were lifted.

Iranian Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ali Tayyeb-Nia (R) sits next to Federica Guidi, the Italian minister for economic development, Tehran, Iran, on August 4, 2015. “If four years ago they believed war is the only solution, now they prefer to focus on diplomacy”, he was quoted as saying by Fars News Agency.

“Fortunately we see a change in the strategy of regional players in the Syrian crisis”.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says more cooperation is needed between Iran and Turkey to counter the threat of terrorist groups in the Middle East region, Press TV reports.

The Turkish president welcomed Rouhani’s proposal for a joint campaign against terrorism, saying the two nations should put special emphasis on the battle with ISIL Takfiri group, which now controls territories in Iraq and Syria.

Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Bogdanov and Abdollahian, during a meeting in Tehran on Tuesday, “supported the formation of a wide anti-terrorist front”.

He underlined efforts made to fight against extremism and violence to prevent its spread and to stop massacre of innocent people, regardless of their nationality or religion.