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Associated Press reported that Norway imposed economic sanctions on Iranian regime on Friday, in line with a United Nations resolution that reprimands Tehran over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment, the Foreign Ministry said."It is a routine decision. We are complying with the U.N.'s resolution in the usual manner," ministry spokesman Bjoern S. Jahnsen said.Norway, a member of NATO which has opted to stay out of the European Union, is one of the first European countries to adhere to the resolution.EU foreign ministers have called on all countries to enforce sanctions outlined in the Security Council resolution in December that targeted people and programs linked to Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.Foreign ministers of the 27-member bloc were due to discuss the implementation of sanctions on Monday in Brussels, Belgium.Norwegian officials said the government "has approved today a regulation on sanctions against Iran, which, among other things, forbids the importation and exportation of sensitive equipment and technology that may be used in Iran's nuclear program."It has also ordered the "freezing of capital assets belonging to persons or entities linked to Iran's atomic program," the statement said.Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has threatened to reconsider relations with countries which support sanctions.Norway, as a major oil exporter, has significant interests in the Persian Gulf's oil and gas reserves. State-owned Statoil signed an agreement with the Iran in October 2002 on the development of the South Pars oil field -- the biggest in the world -- which is shared by Iran and Qatar.
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Tehran, Iran, Feb. 09 – Iran’s intelligence announced that the Islamic Republic had identified 100 U.S. and Israeli “spies” within the country’s borders, the government-owned news agency Fars reported on Thursday!Radical Shiite cleric Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ezhei, who head’s the dreaded Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS), said that the foreign agents were CIA and Mossad operatives.They intended to obtain intelligence on Iran’s military and political apparatus, the report said.Mohseni-Ezhei said that the foreign intelligence services were also recruiting Iranians and training them abroad.
