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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