China and Iran agree 25-year, €555bn trade deal

China and Iran mapped out a wide-ranging 25-year plan to broaden relations and expand trade during the first visit by a Chinese leader to the Islamic republic in 14 years.

President Xi Jinping met with his counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Saturday, a week after the lifting of international sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.

The Chinese leader is the first head of state of the six-country bloc that negotiated the historic deal to visit Iran.