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Italian police to disrupt Rome traffic for Iranian president

ROME, March 8 (AFP) - Police here were planning "exceptional" security measures, including closing streets to the public, for the arrival Tuesday of Iranian President Mohammed Khatami, Rome police said Monday.

Khatami's official visit will close Thursday with a meeting with Pope John Paul II .

Police headquarters said it plans to create "protected roads" closed to cars and pedestrians, which will not be revealed until the last minute.

At least seven bus routes will be diverted and a number of roads in the city's historic centre will be shut on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Khatami is to visit the presidential residence on Tuesday, as well as the parliamentary Chamber of Deputies and Senate.

Several thousand Iranian dissidents are expected to demonstrate late Tuesday morning in the historical centre of the capital, demonstration organisers said.

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