VOL. XLVI

No 44

3-November-2003

IRAN

Statoil Probe Information Insufficient, Says Zanganeh

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh has reportedly accused Statoil of withholding information from a party of ministry and Majlis officials, who visited the Norwegian firms headquarters to investigate allegations of corruption in a consultancy contract between Statoil and Iranian-owned Horton Investment. The Iran Daily newspaper of 25 October said: The minister criticized the Norwegian side for refusing to...