Angela Merkel

August 8, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir, Gonul Tol

U.S. Sanctions on Turkish Ministers Require Recalibration

The Trump administration has now made good on its threat to sanction Turkey if Ankara refused to release an American pastor from custody. In an unprecedented move, the U.S. Treasury Department ...

August 8, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German governor boycotts anti-Israel music festival affiliated with BDS

Armin Laschet, the governor of Germany’s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, announced on Tuesday that he will not attend the Ruhrtriennale arts and music festival because it has n...

August 7, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German central bank blocks $400 million cash delivery to Iran ahead of crippling U.S. sanctions

The U.S. campaign to rein in Iran has scored a victory in the German financial sector, after the Deutsche Bundesbank− the country’s central bank− imposed a rule stopping a $400...

August 2, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s central bank imposes rule to stop cash delivery to Tehran

Germany’s powerful central bank – Deutsche Bundesbank – passed a new financial policy that will effectively bar the transfer of nearly $400 million in cash to the Iranian regime...

July 27, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German meddling in U.S. politics and Trump foreign policy triggers sharp rebuke from GOP Senators

German interference in the U.S. political system as means of countering President Trump’s foreign policy agenda has sparked sharp criticism from Republican senators. There has been...

July 25, 2018 | Toby Dershowitz, Benjamin Weinthal

Iran’s Long, Bloody History of Terror and Espionage in Europe

The Iranian regime’s potent espionage and assassination network in Europe has operated largely without interruption since the Islamic revolution of 1979. European governments have caught an...

July 23, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German intelligence contradicts Merkel on Iran’s nuclear drive

A German intelligence report from the city-state of Hamburg said Iran’s regime is continuing to seek weapons of mass destruction, delivering another intelligence agency blow to Chancel...

July 16, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German intel report: Iran seeks to shatter states’ stability with WMD

The German intelligence agency of the state of Hesse published a new document on countering the spread of weapons of mass destruction, singling out the Islamic Republic of Iran as one of two stat...

July 10, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German intel: Iran wants to expand weapons into nuclear arsenal

A German intelligence report from the state of Bavaria concluded the Islamic Republic of Iran is working to turn its conventional military weapons into a system for weapons of mass destruction....

July 10, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Report: Germany considers Iranian bid to withdraw 300 million Euros cash

Tehran’s regime plans to use the European-Iranian trade bank in the northern German city of Hamburg – with the approval of the German government – to transfer 300 million euros...

July 2, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Report: Iran seeking illegal missile technology in Germany

The Islamic Republic of Iran sought to obtain illicit goods for its missile program from Germany, the intelligence agency for Germany’s most populous state, North Rhine-Westphalia, announce...

June 28, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: How Gulf States can get Europe to Abandon Iran

The protests sweeping across Iran are a clear sign the country’s economy and its Islamic revolutionary system are ready to buckle. The Gulf states can play a critical role in stymi...

June 22, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Exclusive: German Islamic Center Raises Money for Hezbollah

The Al-Mustafa community center in the city-state of Bremen in northern Germany is a major hub for raising funds for the EU and US designated terrorist organization Hezbollah in Lebanon, accordin...

June 21, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

U.S. Ambassador asks Germany: Stop Iranian Airline from use of Airspace

The new US ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, requested the German government to block Iran’s Mahan Air from flying within German airspace and deny it landing rights in the country bec...

June 21, 2018 | Mark Dubowitz, Richard Goldberg

To Help Iran, Angela Merkel Tries to Pull a Fast One With Swift

As the U.S. moves to reimpose sanctions on Iran, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is working behind the scenes to undermine the effort. How President Trump responds could determine whether his strategy...

May 31, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir, Eric S. Edelman

Erdogan’s Hostage Diplomacy

Western Nationals in Turkish Prisons

May 21, 2018 | Mark Dubowitz, Richard Goldberg

Iran, Get Ready for the Battle Rial

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday presented the Islamic Republic of Iran with a stark choice: Either change or face “unprecedented financial pressure” in the form of “the...

May 14, 2018 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

It’s Come Undone

Since the parameters of the Iranian nuclear accord became apparent in 2014 until Donald Trump canceled the deal on May 8, Washington essentially divided into three camps: those who supported the...

May 14, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

U.S. wants Germany to halt trade with Iran

Richard Grenell, the new U.S. ambassador to Berlin, came out swinging this week by reiterating the Trump administration’s position that European companies should stop working with the Islam...

May 7, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

New U.S. Ambassador to Germany calls on companies to end Iran trade

Richard Grenell, the newly confirmed US ambassador to Germany, said in an exclusive interview with Fox News on Thursday that German companies should stop trade with the Islamic Republic of Iran b...