Rouhani: No request made for cover-up
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday he had not asked his Italian hosts to cover up classical nude statues in a Rome museum he visited with Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
A smiling Rouhani told reporters he had 鈥渘o contact on the subject鈥 with Italian authorities.
鈥淚 know that the Italians are very hospitable, a people who seek to make their guests鈥 visits as pleasant as possible and I thank them for that,鈥 he added.
Rouhani and Renzi made speeches in Rome鈥檚 Capitoline Museum on Tuesday, with a huge statue of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius on a horse featuring prominently in many of the photographs of the event.
But nude statues, including a Venus dating from the second century BC, had all been covered up in temporary wooden cartons, removing the risk of them creeping into any of the shots 鈥 or catching Rouhani鈥檚 eye.
Italian Culture Minister Dario Franceschini, who accompanied Rouhani on the museum trip, called the classical cover-up 鈥渋ncomprehensible.鈥
He insisted that neither Renzi nor himself had been made aware of the decision in advance.
The Italian media yesterday railed against an 鈥渆xcess of zeal鈥 and placed the blame on the office in charge of protocol during visits by foreign dignitaries.
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