Interesting piece in this week’s Los Angeles Times about Germany’s trade relationship with Iran.
According to this article, Germany’s industrialists and politicians “regularly advocate business with the Islamic Republic. Germany sold $4.5 billion worth of goods to Iran last year.”
Following World War II, the allies allowed many German businesses, including …
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Germany Must Change for EU Sanctions on Iran to Have Bite
from the Los Angeles Times
by HEATHER ROBINSON
As EU foreign ministers meet, Iran’s second-largest trading partner, Germany, has a responsibility — and leverage. It should lead, as an issue of conscience, in making sure new sanctions have teeth.
Foreign ministers of European Union member states are meeting in Brussels on Monday …