Iran and Italy emphasized the expansion of consular relations at a meeting in Tehran on Wednesday. In a meeting between an Italian consular delegation and their Iranian counterparts on Wednesday , the two sides discussed ways to expand consular relations between the two countries. Hossein Panahi, the Deputy Foreign Minister for Consular, Parliamentary and Iranian Affairs headed the Iranian side in […]

Zenit St Petersburg coach Roberto Mancini has revealed in an emotional interview how coaching his native Italy would be “extraordinary”. Mancini, 53, is among the favourites to lead the four-time World Cup winners, with Chelsea manager Antonio Conte and former Bayern Munich coach Carlo Ancelotti also being touted as candidates. “When you’re abroad you always […]

Deputy Director of International Finance Department of the Central Bank of Iran introduced the 5 billion euro Iran, Italy financing agreement and added that conditions for receiving facilities from this line of credit are better than the National Development Fund. Deputy Director of International Finance Department of the Central Bank of Iran Hamid Ghanbari referred […]

TEHRAN- Four people were injured when a homemade bomb detonated on New Year’s Eve in Turin, Italy. During their search, police officers found 12 more homemade bombs and cartridges, Stampa newspaper reported. According to the newspaper, the explosion occurred on the outskirts of the city. The bomb was hidden in the garbage can. As a […]

More than 250 migrants were rescued in the central Mediterranean during the night between Monday and Tuesday, Italy’s Coast Guard said. A statement said the migrants, in one large rubber dinghy and two small boats, were rescued in three missions by two ships, one from a non-governmental organization, Reuters reported. Migrant arrivals to Italy have […]

A 34 million euro contract for engineering of polypropylene production from natural gas was signed between Ardebil Petrochemical Company and Italy’s Techint Engineering & Construction. Under the contract signed on Tuesday, Italy’s Techint Engineering & Construction is tasked to determine a licensor for a 500,000-ton unit within 18 months and to estimate the final cost of constructing the main […]

TEHRAN – The Book City Institute in Tehran and two Italian universities plan to organize a conference on Persian poet Sadi (C. 1213-1291) and Italian scholar and poet Petrarch (1304-1374) in 2018. A number of Iranian and Italian experts are expected to attend the conference in Tehran on April 18 and 19 to discuss affinities […]

TEHRAN – Iranian women’s national futsal team is scheduled to play two friendly matches against Italy in Tehran on Thursday and Friday. Iran is preparing for the 2018 AFC Women’s Futsal Championship which will be held in May in Thailand. Team Melli claimed the title of the first edition which was held in Malaysia in […]

16A floor mosaic from one of Roman Emperor Caligula’s opulent private ships, which was stolen after World War Two, is on its way back to Italy from the US where it has been recovered from a private collection. The 1st century AD marble, serpentine and porphyry mosaic came from one of Caligula’s ceremonial vessels, which […]

Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup for the first time in 60 years after being held to a 0-0 draw at home to Sweden who booked a place in Russia with a 1-0 aggregate win on Monday. Sweden survived wave after wave of Italian attacks in the second leg of their European playoff […]