Iran's President Hassan Rouhani will visit Europe next week, for the first time since the EU lifted sanctions against his country.<br />The trip will take him to Italy and France, according to a diplomatic source.<br />Rouhani will meet the Italian president, prime minister and business leaders in Rome, on Monday and Tuesday.<br />He is also scheduled to meet Pope Francis on the second day of his visit, a source told Reuters.<br />He will then depart for Paris on Wednesday, January 27.<br />Meanwhile, Iran denounced new US sanctions on its missile program.<br />Washington announced Sunday that it was imposing sanctions on five Iranian nationals and a network of companies based in the United Arab Emirates and China in connection with Iran’s ballistic missile program.
