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Norway along with Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium to join INSTEX

TEHRAN, Nov. 29 (MNA) – Norwegian Ambassador to Tehran Lars Nordrum in a tweet announced that Norway along with Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Belgium and the Netherlands will join EU’s trade mechanism with Iran entitled “INSTEX”.

Iran summons Norwegian charge d'affaires over burning of Holy Quran

TEHRAN, Nov. 26 (MNA) – Iran's Foreign Ministry says it has summoned Norway's charge d'affaires to convey strong condemnation and objection to the recent burning of Holy Quran by a Norwegian extremist.

Zarif, Norwegian counterpart discuss bilateral ties

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met his Norwegian counterpart Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide on Thursday, where the two sides discussed bilateral ties as well as international affairs.

Zarif, chairman of Norwegian Standing Committee meet in Oslo

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met with Anniken Huitfeldt, chairman of Norwegian Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defense in Oslo on Thursday.

US not able to make Persian Gulf region insecure: Zarif

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday that “Iran makes its best to provide the security of the Persian Gulf and the US must know that it cannot make the region insecure.”

Iranian FM, Norwegian trade min. hold talks

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met and held talks with Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry Torbjørn Røe Isaksen on Thursday.

Zarif meets Norwegian PM

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met and held talks with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg on Thursday morning.

Zarif arrives in Norway

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is on a three-nation tour to Nordic countries, arrived in Oslo from Stockholm on Wednesday.

Excellent discussions on preserving JCPOA held with the Swedish: Zarif

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (MNA) – In a tweet on Wednesday, Iranian foreign Minister Mohammad Jvad Zarif announced that during his trip to Sweden, excellent discussions on ways to meaningfully preserve the JCPOA were held.

Iranian FM embarks for Norway in continuation of Scandinavian tour

TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has left Sweden for Osla, the capital of Norway, in continuation of his Scandinavian tour.

Zarif to visit French President, FM on Friday

TEHRAN, Aug. 20 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron and Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Friday, as he announced upon his arrival to Stockholm on Monday evening.

Zarif meets Finnish foreign trade minister

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is on a three-nation tour to Nordic countries, met with the Finnish Minister for Development, Cooperation and Foreign Trade Ville Skinnari in Helsinki on Monday.

Nobody can stop Iran's diplomacy in action: FM assistant

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – An assistant to Iran's foreign minister referred to the country’s policy of holding high-level dialogues with other countries over international issues, saying no one can stop the Islamic Republic’s active diplomacy.

Zarif arrives in Finland as part of three-nation tour

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif landed in the Finnish capital Helsinki early on Monday at the first leg of his three-nation European tour for high-level talks.

Iran’s Zarif to depart for Europe on Sun.

TEHRAN, Aug. 16 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will leave Tehran for Helsinki, capital of Finland late on Sunday at the head of a high-ranking political delegation to meet and hold talks with Finnish president and foreign minister.

Zarif holds phone conversartion with Norwegian counterpart

TEHRAN, Jul. 14 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed mutual ties, JCPOA related issues and regional developments with his Norwegian counterpart Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide via a phone conversation on Sunday.

Iran, Norway discuss parliamentary ties in Oslo

TEHRAN, May 30 (MNA) – Senior lawmakers of Iran and Norway met in Oslo on Thursday to confer on the bilateral parliamentary ties.

US measures violate intl. peace, security: senior MP

TEHRAN, May 30 (MNA) – Chairman of Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh, said that adopted measures of the new US administration violate international peace and security and oppose all international pacts.

Maduro thanks Norway for facilitating dialogue with opposition

TEHRAN, May 26 (MNA) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has expressed his gratitude to the Norwegian government for granting a platform for dialogue between Venezuelan officials and opposition members in a Twitter message published on Saturday.

FM spox urges US govt. to give up economic terrorism, illegal behaviors

TEHRAN, May 18 (MNA) – In a reaction to the dialog between Venezuelan government and opposition in Norway, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi on Saturday called for the US administration to relinquish economic terrorism and illegal behaviors.

Iran, Norway to expand environmental coop.

TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) – The chief of Iran’s Department of Environment (DoE) met and held talks with Norway’s Ambassador to Tehran on environmental cooperation between the two countries.

By: M.A. Saki

With or without sanctions, Iran needs to say goodbye to oil money

TEHRAN, May 03 (MNA) – Saying goodbye to easily-gained oil revenues is a bitter pill that Iran should swallow. To do so, though very difficult under tough sanctions, officials need to find other sources of income.

Norway seeks enhanced economic coop. with Iran: deputy FM

TEHRAN, Apr. 30 (MNA) – Norway hopes the new financial mechanisms, such as INSTEX, will help further boost the level of cooperation between Tehran and Oslo in various economic fields, the Norwegian deputy foreign minister said on Monday.

Holding talks with Iran solution to many regional crises: Norwegian official

TEHRAN, Apr. 29 (MNA) – The solution to most of regional crises is to negotiate them with Iran and the country’s ties with Europe should continue, Norway’s Permanent Under-Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tore Hattrem said on Monday in a meeting with Senior Iranian MP Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh in Tehran.

Norway allocates cash aid to Iran flood victims: embassy

TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) – The Norwegian Embassy in Tehran said on Saturday that Norway has allocated over $700,000 to the relief operations to Iran’s flood-hit victims.

FIFF Festival of Festivals to feature films from Norway, Estonia, Argentina

TEHRAN, Apr. 05 (MNA) – The 37th edition of Fajr International Film Festival has announced the names of three movies of its non-competitive section of Festival of Festivals (Cup of Divination).

Norwegian plane takes off from Iran after 70 days

TEHRAN, Feb. 23 (MNA) – A Boeing commercial airliner that belongs to budget carrier Norwegian Air and was stuck in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz after an emergency landing in December, took off on Friday after 70 days, a Norwegian Air spokeswoman said on Friday.

Iran FM holds separate phone talks with British, Norwegian counterparts

TEHRAN, Nov. 05 (MNA) – The Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held separate telephone conversations with foreign ministers of the United Kingdom and Norway to discuss the latest developments in bilateral relations as well as the JCPOA.