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News and events // Last updated: 24/01/2012 //

Skal du reise i Iran eller flytte til Iran? Utenriksdepartementet anbefaler at alle som skal til land utenfor Europa og Nord-Amerika registrerer seg direkte på  www.reiseregistrering.no  Dette anbefales også for alle som skal være i utlandet over lengre tid (studenter og andre fastboende). Reiseregistreringen erstatter tidligere registrering av norske borgere ved ambassade eller generalk

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Den norske ambassaden i Tehran ønsker alle nordmenn i Iran velkommen til førjulslunch på ambassaden onsdag 14. desember kl 12.30. Dette blir en god anledning til å møte ambassaden og andre nordmenn i Iran.

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Photographer: Reza Tabasi Nezhad

Khatam-al-Anbia School in Ardakan . 
Photo: UNHCR file photo .
News and events // Last updated: 13/12/2011 //

Norway has decided to dispense with an additional grant of NOK 70 million at the end of the year. This contribution comes in addition to the NOK 290 million dispensed to the UN refugee agency earlier in February this year. UNHCR Iran office received NOK 10 million of this figure since Iran continues to host the largest refugee population in the world of 840,000 Afghans and 43,000 Iraqis. Due to...

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News and events // Last updated: 02/11/2011 //

As part of the 25th International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults to be held in Hamedan the Norwegian theatre group “Teatre Joker” is slated to take part in the festival with 3 shows which will be staged on Monday 07 November 2011 at the venue Mahdieh Hall. The show times are 10 am, 15:30 pm and 17:30 pm. Teater Joker is a Norwegian theatre company that has been making theatre for...

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News and events // Last updated: 08/11/2011 //

This week 3 representatives of the Norwegian Football Association were in Tehran for a four day training course to Iranian female football coaches at Azadi Stadium Complex...

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News and events // Last updated: 12/12/2011 //

“Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman are each in their own right worthy winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. The Government welcomes the award of this year’s prize to these three women. It is recognition of women’s non-violent efforts to promote peace and democracy,” said Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.

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News and events // Last updated: 28/11/2011 //

Norway initiated a motion at UNGA which with support of other member countries triumphed in adopting the resolution for recognition of rights of peaceful protestors and human rights defenders by UN general assembly all over the world...

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