Austrian President Fischer is First European Head of State to Visit Iran

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: September 7, 2015; 20:00 ♦ (Vindobona)

Austrian President Heinz Fischer is the first European head of state to visit Iran following the successful conclusion of nuclear talks between the Islamic Republic and the P5+1.

Austrian President Fischer is First European Head of State to Visit Iran / Picture: © Iranian and Austrian crossed flags by Vindobona

Austria’s Federal President Heinz Fischer and the Vice-Chancellor and Economy Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner, as well as Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz and Business Chamber head Christoph Leitl have gone to Tehran for an official three-day visit.

Fischer’s trip to Tehran will be the first such visit by a leader of a member state of the European Union (EU) since former…