Russia to lift COVID ban on flights to Iran, other countries

TEHRAN - Russia is scheduled to lift its COVID-19 ban on flights to Iran and several other countries as of Nov. 9, the government coronavirus task force said on Thursday.

David Tavakoli changes mind to join Tractor

TEHRAN - Iranian-Norwegian forward David Tavakoli has changed his mind to join Iranian club Tractor.

Iran’s new ambassadors to 13 countries meet president

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani met on Tuesday with new ambassadors of Iran to Belgium, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Belarus, Armenia, Serbia, South Africa, Nigeria, Kyrgyzstan, Sri Lanka, Mauritania and Croatia.

By staff and agency

Six European countries to join INSTEX

Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden issued a joint statement on Friday, announcing becoming shareholders of the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX).

Zarif to visit Kuwait, Finland, Sweden, Norway

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif plans to visit Kuwait and the three Scandinavian countries of Finland, Sweden and Norway in the upcoming days.

Europe might give up on saving JCPOA, ex-envoy says

TEHRAN – Iran’s former ambassador to Norway has warned that Europe might give up on saving the 2015 nuclear pact and the financial mechanism of Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges (INSTEX), which was established to do business with Iran.

Senior MP criticizes European ‘neutrality’ on nuclear deal

TEHRAN – Iranian Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh has said Europeans are acting passively preserving the 2015 nuclear deal, calling their approach to the agreement “neutral”.

Iran, Norway to enhance co-op in environmental issues

TEHRAN – Iran’s Department of Environment (DOE) chief, Issa Kalantari, and Norway’s ambassador to Iran, Lars Nordum, discussed increased cooperation on environmental issues during a meeting held on Monday.

By M.A. Saki

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

Except Norway, almost all oil producing countries have made themselves more or less reliant on oil money.

By Hanif Ghaffari

The role of welfare state in Norway 

TEHRAN - Norway is located in Northern Europe and is one of the Nordic countries and a member of NATO. The country has long borders with Sweden and in other sides with Finland.30% of the workforces in Norway are working in the public sector, which rate is highest among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Statistics Norway, 2014: 24). The Norwegian government is large owners in key industries such as the strategic petroleum sector (Statoil), hydroelectric power generation (Statkraft), aluminum production (Norsk Hydro), the largest Norwegian bank (DNB), and telecommunications service provider round (Telenor). Through these big companies, government controls about 30% of the shares in the Oslo Stock Exchange.

By Hadi Ajili and Hanif Ghaffari

Scandinavian political economy

TEHRAN - Study on international political economy of two countries, Sweden and Norway, in international interactions allows us to examine political economy of these two countries as the case study for further understanding of macro patterns of international political economy.