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Empathy is the bridge that opens up to the other side
PETROFILM.COM EUROPE
Information and Interpretation
from a European Perspective
Información e Interpretación
desde una perspectiva Europea
EUROPE-USA
A TRANS-ATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP
UNA COLABORACIÓN TRANSATLÁNTICA
EMPATHY RESPECT DIGNITY
EMPATÍA RESPETO DIGNIDAD
Harald Dahle-Sladek
Founder and Editor-in-chief
Fundador y editor en jefe
To contact the Editor-in-chief with questions, comments and inquiries about lectures or consultations, please e-mail us at haroldsworld@petrofilm.com
Oslo, Norway
歐洲分析與解釋
אמפתיה כבוד כבוד
ניתוח, מידע עם פרספקטיבה אירופית
تجزیه و تحلیل ، اطلاعات از یک چشم انداز اروپایی
АНАЛИЗ ИНФОРМАЦИИ С ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ
ИЗ ЕВРОПЫ
דיאלוג עכשיו ДИАЛОГСЕЙЧАС
DIALOGUENOW
Institute for Empathetic Dialogue formation
and Conflict Resolution, Oslo Norway.
Instituto para la formación del Diálogo Empático y Resolución de Conflictos, Oslo Noruega
عزت احترام به همدلی یکپارچه سازی
The Foreign Ministry Tehran
Creating dialogue and common ground
with the Islamic republic of Iran 1998-2022.
ایجاد گفت و گو و زمینه مشترک با ایران 1998-2022
Updates from
Washington, D.C.
Denmark
Danske Bank Pleads Guilty to Fraud on U.S. Banks in a Multi-Billion Dollar Scheme to Access the U.S. Financial System.
Largest Bank in Denmark Agrees to Forfeit $2 Billion.
Danske Bank A/S (Danske Bank), a global financial institution headquartered in Denmark, pleaded guilty today and agreed to forfeit $2 billion to resolve the United States’ investigation into Danske Bank’s fraud on U.S. banks.
According to court documents, Danske Bank defrauded U.S. banks regarding Danske Bank Estonia’s customers and anti-money laundering controls to facilitate access to the U.S. financial system for Danske Bank Estonia’s high-risk customers, who resided outside of Estonia – including in Russia. The Justice Department will credit nearly $850 million in payments that Danske Bank makes to resolve related parallel investigations by other domestic and foreign authorities. Continues further down.
Switzerland
Glencore International AG
Entered Guilty Pleas to Foreign Bribery and Market Manipulation Schemes. Swiss-Based Firm Agrees to Pay Over $1.1 Billion
Glencore International A.G. (Glencore) and Glencore Ltd., both part of a multi-national commodity trading and mining firm headquartered in Switzerland, each pleaded guilty today and agreed to pay over $1.1 billion to resolve the government’s investigations into violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and a commodity price manipulation scheme.
Luxembourg
haroldsw
CLICK PLAY VISION OF IRAN VIDEO
7the International Exhibition
Oil and Gas Petrochemicals Tehran 2002
Norwegain ambassador Aas: -Aggressive Norwegians!
When Iran's elite Speaker of the Parliament His Excellency Mehdi Karroubi snubbed the medium sized Norwegian oil company Statoil's exhibition stand at the 7the International Exhibition of Oil and Gas Petrochemicals in Tehran 2002, and forced the Norwegian Ambassa-dor to Tehran Mr Aas to shout in despair, "Aggressive Norwegians!". And the pompous representative of Norwegian Oil and Gas Partners INTSOK bursting out, "Will he (Karroubi) come back?" It was Good Night for Norway in Iran. Norway was not being thrusted, and Statoil would soon be kicked out of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Picture: Norway's Ambassador Aas shouts out in dismay, "Aggressive Norwegians" (Norwegian: Aggressive norske!)
CLICK HERE PLAY NORWEGIAN DISMAY
The final straw: Iran's elite turn its back towards Norway's Statoil
His Excellency Mehdi Karroubi
Speaker of the Parliament Mailes
CLICK PLAY KARROUBI IN MAILIS VIDEO
Besided Minister of Oil Zangeneh, Karroubi was the main speaker at the 7th International Exhibition of Oil and Gas in Tehran in 2002, which Petrofilm joined. He born 26 September 1937 and is an Iranian Shia cleric and reformist politician leading the National Trust Party. He was the speaker of the parliament from 1989 to 1992 and 2000 to 2004, and a presidential candidate in the 2005 and 2009 presidential elections. During his first term as speaker of Parliament, Karroubi was among the maktabi or "radical" faction of the majlis who contested the policies of President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.
While Rafsanjani favored foreign investment and market reforms, Karroubi and others "sought to promote mass political participation and maintain state control of the economy". In fall of 1989 several radical clerics founded the Association of Combatant Clerics of Tehran, which Karroubi headed. Karroubi and the National Trust Party support the idea of dialogue with the United States aiming at resolving long standing conflicts.Early after the election of Barack Obama as US president, Karroubi stated that the changes from the United States have been positive. "An important step has been taken…. I will take steps forward in this relation in accordance with national interests and national pride", he said .
THE FAULTERING (AND COSTLY) NORWEGIAN LOGIC
Everything was Big when Norweay entered Iran - and suddenly everything collapsed!
Mehdi Karroubi cannot get in because the Norwegians are blocking the passage!
As His Excellency Karroubi with his large entourage came closer to the Statoil stand, all of the present Norwegians did their best not to open up for this distinguished Iranian guest. They continued to block the entrance to the stand. Ambaasdor Aas tried his very best to encourage Karroubi and His entourage to enter. Statoil was suurounded by much bigger oil companies like LUKOIL and TOTAL FINA ELF, seen in the background left side. Photo: Harald Dahle-Sladek Petrofilm.
The Iranians are embarrased, ambassador Aas shows the way, but still the Norwegians block!
Then, without warning, and while the Iranian TV camera is rolling (left) the representative of Karroubi's entourage tells Ambassador Aas directly that His Excellency will not attend the Statoil exhibition stand. Karroubi right, is ready to back out.
Why travel so far and spend so many bribes and get nothing out of it is more than we can understand. The faltering and costly Norwegian logic had once again proven wrong. One of the oldest and most respected cultures had disapproved of the Norwegians. Only a few years later Peoples Republic of China would do exactly the same. Photo: From left, Werner Karlsson (left) from Norwegian Oil and Gas Partners INTSOK, sitting next to Harald Finnvik, General Manager of Statoil in Iran, with earpods and wearing glasses shouts out in a naive way, "Will Karroubi come back?" Clearly, this arrogant man had understood nothing. INTSOK is owned by the Norwegian State, the Foreign Ministry in Oslo and the Norwegian industry. That explains it all. Read my article: Iran - NIOC End Game Tehran.
Mr Bjornsen, left, from the Norwegian Export Council hated me. He did all he could to disrupt my work and make may stay in Tehran a living hell. A pleasant man, Ambassador Aas to the right. Photo: Harald Dahle-Sladek Petrofilm
To the right, Mojtaba Khorrasani, Manager of NIOC's seismic survey department whom I interviewed in Oslo. See my article with him. A pleasant man. Below Harald Finnvik General Manager Statoil in Iran
Photo below, Manager Egil Olbjorn from the Norwegian Veritas, a very pleasant man whom I did work for.
Luxembourg
haroldsw