TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Italy's veteran President Giorgio Napolitano resigned Wednesday, setting the stage for the election of a new head of state, a thorny process which could prove a political headache for Matteo Renzi's government. The 89-year old had announced in December that he would be leaving office well before the end of his term in 2020 because ...

Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani has pledged to improve amicable relations with countries based on mutual respect and interests as well as good neighborliness. In a message to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, Rohani touched upon the age-old and cordial ties between Tehran and Rome, adding that mutual bonds between the two nations have laid ...

[caption id="attachment_33507" align="alignright" width="210"] Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani during a press conference in Tehran on June 17, 2013[/caption] Italy, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and Venezuela have felicitated Hassan Rohani on his landslide victory in Iran's presidential election in separate congratulatory messages....