Iran's ambassador in Rome said on Saturday that a delegation from Italy will arrive in Iran next Tuesday for a two-day visit.
Jahanbakhsh Mozaffari told IRNA that the delegation will be led by Italy's Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni and will include Minister for Economic Development Federica Guidi.
He underlined that Rome is determined to once again become Iran's leading European trade partner.
Italy's annual trade with Iran exceeded €7 billion before the US-engineered sanctions against Iran intensified in 2011. The figure later dropped to about €1 billion.
Italy can meet Iran's requirements in areas such as energy projects, power plants, the auto industry, railway network and steel production plants, said Mozaffari.
Visits by European delegations follow a breakthrough in Vienna last month by Iran and the P5+1 — the five permanent Security Council members plus Germany — over the Iranian nuclear energy program.
Iran and P5+1 announced at the end of their marathon talks on July 14 that they have agreed on certain restrictions over the Iranian nuclear energy program in return for the removal of economic sanctions against Iran.
This triggered a wave of visits to Tehran by ranking business delegations. The first to arrive in Tehran following the Vienna nuclear breakthrough was German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel who led a top-level business delegation to Iran on July 19.