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Iranian leader wooing Europe

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PARIS - After years of tensions over Iran's nuclear ambitions, Europe is ushering in a new era of relations with the once-pariah state, welcoming Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to Italy and France with high expectations that he can set in motion lucrative business deals and regional peacemaking. But there's also a note of caution, notably about Iran's human-rights record and geopolitical goals. The end of economic sanctions after six...

Hassan Rouhani in first Europe visit by Iranian president in 16 years

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Rouhani will meet the pope and the French and Italian leaders on a trip that aims to re-establish economic ties after sanctions...

Rohani To Talk Business With French President

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Iranian President Hassan Rohani holds talks with French President Francois Hollande in Paris on January 28 with a raft of business deals likely...

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani begins European visit

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Hassan Rouhani has arrived in Rome on the first European visit by an Iranian president in almost two decades,...

France asks EU partners for new sanctions on Iran

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PARIS (AP) — France has asked its European Union partners to consider new sanctions on Iran for its recent missile tests, officials have told The Associated Press, even as Paris welcomed the president of the Islamic Republic, which is flush with funds from the lifting of other sanctions over Tehran's nuclear program. The ambiguous signals emerging Wednesday from France came as President Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate elected in 2013, signed billions of dollars in business deals on an earlier stop in Italy and met with Pope Francis in the first such Iranian foray into Europe since 1999. France hopes for similarly lucrative deals during Rouhani's two-day visit, along with regional...

The Latest: Rouhani faces protest, corporate bosses in Paris

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ROME (AP) — The Latest on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's visit to Europe (all times local): 7:20 p.m. Corporate leaders and government ministers — as well as opposition activists — have greeted Iran's Hassan Rouhani's first visit to France as president. After arriving in Paris on Wednesday from Rome, Rouhani and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif met with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron. Rouhani then hosted leaders of France's business community in his Paris hotel soon after arriving Wednesday from Rome. A few dozen people protested the visit in front of France's Foreign Ministry, some shouting "Rouhani dictator, down down Rouhani." The...

France seeks new EU sanctions against Iran, even as Rouhani signs deals worth billions

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France has asked its European Union partners to consider new sanctions on Iran for its recent missile tests, officials have said, even as Paris welcomed the president of the Islamic Republic, which is flush with funds from the lifting of other sanctions over Tehran’s nuclear programme. The ambiguous signals emerging Wednesday from France came as President Hassan Rouhani, a relative moderate elected in 2013, signed billions of dollars in business deals on an earlier stop in Italy and met with Pope Francis in the first such Iranian foray into Europe since 1999. France hopes for similarly lucrative deals during Rouhani’s two-day visit, along with regional peacemaking efforts as the once-pariah...

Femen protest during Rouhani visit

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Sarah Constantin, the activist who hung from the bridge, said they organized the "public hanging" to call attention to those executed for political reasons and put...

The Latest: Iranian leader in France for next leg of EU trip

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ROME (AP) — The Latest on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's visit to Europe (all times local): 4:25 p.m Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has landed in France for the first such visit by an Iranian leader in 17 years, as part of a European trip meant to usher in a new era after a landmark nuclear deal. Rouhani arrived Wednesday from Italy, where the Iranian delegation reached billions of euros in business deals. The Italy stop also drew controversy when a Rome museum covered up naked statues in an apparent effort to avoid offending Rouhani. In France, he will be hosted at the French presidential palace by President Francois Hollande. He will also give a foreign policy speech and meet...

Iranian president Rouhani begins 4-day European visit

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Click photo to enlarge Iranian President Hassan Rouhani meets Italian President Sergio Mattarella, right, upon his arrival at the Quirinale Presidential palace, in Rome, Monday, Jan. 25, 2016. On his...

Iranian president formally welcomed to France

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PARIS (AP) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is being formally welcomed to France at the gold-domed Invalides monument where Napoleon is buried. While Rouhani arrived in Paris on Wednesday from Rome, the official French government greeting ceremony is being held Thursday morning. Rouhani is also meeting Thursday with the chief of UNESCO, the Paris-based U.N. […]> ......

Car-making deals, protests greet Iranian president in Paris

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PARIS (AP) — France welcomed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday with a lucrative car-making agreement and pledges to boost trade after a diplomatic deal easing nuclear tensions — but clouds hung over the historic trip. France has asked its European Union partners to consider new sanctions on Iran for its recent ballistic missile tests, officials have told The Associated Press. The possibility highlights continued suspicions between Iran and the West despite the...

The Latest Rouhani says nuke deal could be pattern for peace

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The Latest on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's visit to Europe (all times local): 12:45 p.m. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says successful negotiations over his country's nuclear conflict with the West could serve as an example for solving multiple regional crises in the Middle East. Rouhani, in a speech to French think tank IFRI, said that for such diplomacy to work, both sides must "lower our pretensions." Speaking through a translator, he said "that allowed us to reach accords" on curbing Iran's nuclear program and lifting sanctions. "Each side must feel it is a win-win agreement." He was responding to a question about how Iran can...

The Latest: Femen protest during Rouhani visit

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The Latest on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's visit to Europe (all times local): 11:20 a.m. A near-naked woman hanging from a noose-like rope from a Paris bridge has sent a message to visiting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. "Welcome Rouhani, Executioner of Freedom," read a huge banner across the pedestrian bridge over the Seine River near the Eiffel Tower. The protest Thursday by feminist group Femen is calling attention to the large number of executions in Iran. Iran is one of the world's largest users...

The Latest: President says Iran favorable terrain for trade

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The Latest on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's visit to Europe (all times local): 11:05 a.m. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said his country is "favorable terrain" for resumed trade between East and West, as he and French Prime Minister Manuel Valls pledged to turn the page on past tensions. Rouhani is reaching out to European businesses on the first visit by an Iranian...

The Latest: Peugeot-Citroen, Iran Khodro in joint venture

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The Latest on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's visit to Europe (all times local): 10:30 a.m. France's Peugeot-Citroen has announced a joint venture with automaker Iran Khodro to make 200,000 cars a year outside Tehran, as both countries seek to...

The Latest: Iranian president formally welcomed to France

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PARIS (AP) -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is being formally welcomed to France at the gold-domed Invalides monument where Napoleon is...

Rouhani Hails Turn in French-Iranian Relations

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VOA News Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Iran is ready to "turn the page for a new relationship" with France, as leaders of the two countries were expected to sign trade agreements following the lifting of international sanctions imposed over its nuclear program. "We had strong signs that France wanted an agreement and with this official visit, it shows that France has the ambition for this...

Iran and France Sign Major Trade Deals

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VOA News Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has signed trade deals with France worth billions of dollars following the lifting of international sanctions imposed over its nuclear program. "We are ready to turn the page for a new relationship between our two countries," he told a group of French business leaders in Paris after his arrival Thursday in the French capital. "We are announcing today that we are ready for this and on this trip we bring this message toward all investors, economic bodies, that they are...

In Paris, Iran's president lines up business deals

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PARIS - France's government welcomed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday with promises of a new beginning in an old relationship, starting with investments to boost Iran's flagging economy crippled by decades of sanctions over its nuclear activities. Rouhani, whose visit was also met with protests, decried the...
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