Federica Guidi and Mohsen Jalalpour, Head of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, met on Wednesday to discuss Iran and Italy’s possible economic ties improvement.
Jalalpour told the meeting that in the post-deal era, new conditions had hit Iranian economy, which provided great opportunities for Italy as Iran’s first trade partner; “Iran’s economy hinges upon oil income, with recent surge to privatize the larger part of itself; with long history of cultural and economic relations with Italy, now Iranian economic activists are willing to attract Italian investments in domestic projects,” he said, encouraging Italy to grasp the opportunity hence created to find strong footholds to secure ever-increasing presence in Iranian markets.