Tasnim Iranian Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said foreign nationals who invest 250,000 US dollars in the country will be granted residence permits for 5 years. According to a plan approved by the administration, any foreigner who invests or deposits $250,000 (in a bank acount) in the country is granted a five-year residence permit, ...

Fugitive US intelligence operative Edward Snowden has been granted a three-year residence permit in Russia, his Russian lawyer said at a press conference Thursday (Aug 7). MOSCOW: Fugitive US intelligence operative Edward Snowden has been granted a three-year residence permit in Russia, his Russian lawyer said at a press conference Thursday (Aug 7)....

The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration has refused to grant residence permit to several Iranian students on the ground that they might transfer sensitive technology to Iran, which is under the Wests sanctions over its nuclear program. Hamideh Kaffash has been a PhD student for eight months at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU....