Iran-Italy Relations

Italy is donating 1.2 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Iran as a part of a COVAX initiative, Ambassador Giuseppe Perrone said on Monday. 

President Hassan Rouhani hailed the age-old political relations and friendship with Italy as a good basis for developing cooperation between the two states in various fields. In a Thursday…

The Italian Embassy in Tehran celebrated 160 years of partnership with Iran on April 28 in the presence of Italian Ambassador Giuseppe Perrone, which highlighted Italy's historical role in Iran'…

A webinar on Iran-Italy tourism ties is scheduled to be held on Nov. 20, according to the secretary of Iran-Italy Chamber of Commerce’s Tourism Commission. “Iran’s commercial attaché to Italy…

The think tank European House—Ambrosetti in partnership with the Italian Embassy in Tehran and Tehran’s Chamber of Commerce—hosted a virtual Business Forum on "Economic relations between Italy…

Tehran Chamber of Commerce Industries, Mines and Agriculture is set to hold a specialized economic roundtable in cooperation with the Italian Embassy and the European House-Ambrosseti on Iran-…

Italy's prime minister said Rome is ready to cooperate in addressing issues facing the 2015 nuclear deal using the platform of international organizations. "We will try to take effective steps…

Several Italian banks have closed or imposed restrictions on accounts held by Iranians citing the US sanctions, and in the process creating financial difficulties for those affected.

Iran’s flag carrier airline will launch flights to Italy’s capital, Rome, from Feb. 3 upon the increasing requests of Iranians living in Rome. As the official website of Iran Air wrote, Tehran-…

Iran-Italy Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with Iran’s Consulate in Italy, plans to send a business delegation to Milan, Italy, on Nov. 26-29. The delegation will consist of…

Iran and Italy are planning to launch a direct shipping route from Iran’s southeastern Chabahar Port to Italy’s northern port city of Venice.

Iran traded 21,156 tons of non-oil commodities worth $83.93 million with Italy during the first Iranian month (March 21-April 20), registering a 1.14% and 13.11% growth in tonnage and value…

Committed to preserving historically close trade relations between Iran and Italy, private sectors from both sides have explored the setting up a small bank to side-step the new US sanctions…

Italian oil major Eni will look at the Iran sanctions measures to see if it can use Iranian crude to allow it greater flexibility in procuring supplies, a spokesman said. “Eni is examining the…

Italian investment companies remain active in Iran, despite the unilateral US sanctions, says the head of Trade Promotion Section of the Italian Embassy in Iran.

Iran traded 389,963 tons of non-oil commodities worth $594.82 million with Italy during the first five months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Aug. 22), registering a 32.03% growth in…

Officials from Iran’s Road Maintenance and Transportation Organization of Iran, affiliated with the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, held a meeting with Italian road transportation…

Albeit facing many barriers at a low level, banking ties between Iran and Italy have not been fully severed despite the fact that the first round of US sanctions has snapped back, the president…

Iran traded 371,876 tons of non-oil commodities worth $508.04 million with Italy during the first four months of the current fiscal year (March 21-July 22), registering a 40.12% growth in…

Italy’s biggest bank UniCredit expects to reach a deal with the United States in a dispute over alleged sanctions violations in Iran in the coming months, its CEO said on Tuesday. 

Iran traded 328,935 tons of non-oil commodities worth $401.15 million with Italy during the first three months of the current fiscal year (March 21-June 21), registering a 46.93% and 4.47%…

Iran has signed a memorandum of understanding with Italian and Chinese investors on building solar power plants with a combined capacity of 100 megawatts in the central province of Yazd.

Italy-based Saipem, a leading oil and gas contractor, has expressed readiness to have an active presence in Iran's petrochemical ventures.

Iran traded $1.85 billion worth of non-oil goods with Italy in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2018), which is 9.67% more compared to the year before, making the European country Iran’s…

A 17th century tombstone belonging to ancient Iran discovered earlier in Italy during police operations was handed over to the Iranian Embassy in Rome on Monday. According to Brigadier General…