(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Norway’s Fisheries Minister has resigned after breaching security protocol during a holiday to Iran last month with his Iranian-born girlfriend.
Per Sandberg, 58, admitted he had gone with Bahareh Letnes, 28, without informing the Prime Minister and had taken a Government phone to Iran.
The Prime Minister governs in coalition with his anti-immigration Progress Party.
The trip risked exposing Sandberg to Iranian spies, as he should not have taken a work phone with him.
Letnes is a former beauty queen who now manages a fish export business. She has Norwegian residency and has denied any links to Iran’s Government. Norwegian intelligence is reported to be investigating her activities now.
