Austrian President Heinz Fischer (L) receives Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in front of a portrait of former Empress Maria Theresia, in his office in Vienna February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austrian President Heinz Fischer has been invited to Iran, a country keen to revive ties with the EU member that for centuries was Tehran's bridgehead to Europe.
If he accepts, he would become the first Western head of state to visit since the election last year of relative moderate President Hassan Rouhani on a platform of relieving Iran's isolation by engaging constructively with its adversaries.
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