VOL. XLVI

No 43

27-October-2003

IRAN

Majlis To Summon Zanganeh Over Statoil Probe

Deputies from Irans Majlis (parliament) have announced that they will summon Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh to appear before them to explain the circumstances of a consultancy deal between Statoil and Iranian-owned Horton Investment, about which there have been allegations of corruption. The scandal about the $15.2mn consultancy deal centers on claims that it was a means of channeling money to Mehdi Hashemi Rafsanjani,...