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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said there had been no prior discussion between Italy and Iran over Italy's decision to obscure nude sculptors during a visit to Rome's Capitoline Museums on Monday.
In a move that sparked widespread criticism in Italy and beyond, the statues were covered up with cardboard boxes to spare Rouhani's blushes and was seen as a mark of respect for the traditions of the Muslim country, which has only just had its trade sanctions lifted.
The statues lined a corridor which the Iranian delegation had to pass on their way to a press conference.