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		</div><p>Italy’s culture minister has criticised as “incomprehensible” the decision to cover up naked statues at a Rome museum where Iranian president Hassan Rouhani was visiting.</p>
<p>Dario Franceschini said that neither he nor premier Matteo Renzi were informed about the decision, which was apparently taken by lower-ranking officials in a bid to avoid offending the visiting leader.</p>
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<p>“I think there easily would have been other ways to not offend an important foreign guest without this incomprehensible choice of covering up the statues,” Mr Franceschini said.</p>
<p>He spoke to reporters at the Colosseum, where he gave Mr Rouhani a guided tour before the Iranian delegation left for France.</p>
<p>Mr Rouhani, for his part, said the Iranians had not requested any such measures by saying “there were no contacts about this”. But he seemed to appreciate the gesture.<br />
“I know that Italians are a very hospitable people, a people who try to do the most to put their guests at ease and I thank you for this,” he told reporters when asked about the cover-up.</p>
<p>Mr Rouhani’s visit was aimed at pushing Iran into a more prominent role on the world stage after the nuclear deal with Western powers ended most European economic sanctions on Tehran.</p>
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This is so unnecessary, after all we should all respect each other’s culture.
Well said.