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Iranians Commemorate Mahsa Amini on Second Anniversary of Her Murder

The second anniversary of the killing of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was marked in Iran and around the world on September 16 amid a media blackout ordered by Iran’s rulers. The young...

October 28, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

See No Evil: Europe Supports Genocidal Regime in Iran

Swiss and German economic deals might be aiding Iran’s illicit nuclear weapons program…. The Swiss firm Ceresola TLS reached an agreement [in 2010] with the Rahab Engineering Establishment...

April 20, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal

Swiss Foreign Minister Under Fire for Pro-Hamas Policies

Switzerland’s Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter’s meetings with the Jihadist organization Hamas have catapulted his policies into a critical spotlight in the central European country...

January 17, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Swiss Government Hosts $85,000 Event Aiming to Unify Hamas and Fatah

The Swiss government and a Finnish NGO spent almost $85,000 to host a workshop in Geneva to unify the EU and US-classified terrorist organization Hamas with the Fatah party, according to a report...

August 17, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Embracing Iran: The Swiss Cheese Sanctions Policy

The non-EU member Switzerland became the first Western country to lift sanctions...

March 25, 2014 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Benjamin Weinthal

Switzerland Is Open To Iranian Business

During his recent appearance before the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Iran’s president, Hassan Rouhani said that Iran is “ready to welcome entrepreneurs and big economic...

October 18, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Swiss Cheese

The EU's "strong" sanctions on Iran are full of holes, but might they be enough to prevent the U.S. going to war?

October 5, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Swiss Slammed for Forgoing EU Sanctions on Iran

The Swiss government’s refusal to adopt comprehensive EU sanctions targeting Iran’s energy and finance systems – and the disclosure in late September that the Swiss-based compan...

June 27, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Weekly Standard |

Switzerland Snubs Obama’s and Europe’s Iran Sanctions

As the Obama administration and U.S. allies seek to punish Iran for making no concessions in the latest round of negotiations over its nuclear activities, Switzerland has snubbed them by refusing...

April 23, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran and Hamas’ Swiss Enablers

I remember roughly two years ago in September of 2010 when Mark Dubowitz, the executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and I uncovered the Swiss heavy ear...

February 23, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Swiss Parliament Welcomes Hamas Spokesman

The National Palace (Bundeshaus), which houses the Swiss parliament, hosted Hamas spokesman Mushir al-Masri, prompting stinging criticism on Wednesday from Israel’s interim ambassador in Be...

October 12, 2010 | Benjamin Weinthal Jerusalem Post

Protests Against Swiss Failure to Uphold Iran Sanctions

The Stop the Bomb coalition held demonstrations in front of several Swiss embassies in Europe on Monday, to protest Bern's support for the Iranian government and (EGL) Elektrizitätsgese...

September 29, 2010 | Benjamin Weinthal, Mark Dubowitz Wall Street Journal Europe

Iran’s European Helpers

The European Union in July imposed unprecedented sanctions against Iran's energy and financial sectors. But despite the crackdown, some European companies continue to sign up for business de...

September 14, 2010 | Jerusalem Post

Report: Swiss FM Under Fire for Blocking Iran Sanctions

BERLIN - ­ Swiss government officials in the Economics Department (Seco) have called for tougher sanctions against Iran and criticized Social Democratic Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey for bl...

August 19, 2010 | Jerusalem Post

US: Swiss-Iran Gas Deal Sends ‘Wrong Message’

BERLIN – Swiss energy giant EGL's €18 billion gas contract with Iran prompted criticism on Tuesday from the US Embassy. "As we noted in the past when this deal was first announced, oil a...