Tehran – May 16 and 17 in Tehran at the Espinas Palace Hotel, the first edition of the Summit Italy-Iran organized by The European House-Ambrosetti. Building on the success of the first two editions of the Italy-South Africa Summit, the objective of the meeting is to build a “unique and influential community of business leaders and policy makers able to shape relations between the two countries”. The opening session is reserved to a meeting with the of Majid Takht Ravanchi, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran, Vincenzo Amendola, Secretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Mauro Tanners, Italian Ambassador to Tehran. In a statement, Iran is an “access point of a very important and strategic area with an immense cultural and economic potential, the gateway to Europe for all the neighboring landlocked countries”. (9Colonne)