Guido Westerwelle

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...

October 5, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Europe Has Billions of Reasons to Let Iran Cheat

Europe’s rapidly expanding economic relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran prompted Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) to call for a unified trans-Atlantic approach to enforcement of the...

August 24, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Why Europe is Not Likely to Enforce Iran Deal

With the reopening of the UK’s embassy in Tehran on Sunday, a new wrench has been tossed into the nuclear deal approval process: Britain’s likely reluctance to enforce violations.&nbs...

July 6, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Rouhani’s Anti-Gay Policies Mirror His Predecessor

Shortly after the election of Iran’s self-described moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani as president in 2013, the gay Iranian poet Payam Feili concluded, prophetically and pessimistically: &ldqu...

March 9, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Are Booming German-Iran Business Relations Hurting Israel?

Fresh trade data show Germany’s industry secured a windfall in revenue due to the easing of Iran sanctions. According to the Federal Statistical Office of Germany, German exp...

September 24, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Home Alone

With her third federal election triumph on Sunday, Sept. 22, German Chancellor Angela Merkel demonstrated that her preferred foreign policy direction is, well, inward -- or at least one of non-in...

May 28, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Israel Key to Berlin Hezbollah Terror Label

Israeli diplomats traveled recently to Berlin and presented court documents showing Hezbollah’s role in terrorism within the European Union. The meticulous documentation coll...

May 22, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany Backs Blacklisting Hezbollah Military Wing

German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle decided Wednesday to support listing Hezbollah's military wing as a terrorist organization in the European Union, according to German diplomatic sou...

May 13, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

EU Moving Toward Ban of Hezbollah Military Wing

Co-authored by Jonny Paul The European Union has moved toward a consensus on outlawing the armed wing of Hezbollah, with its inclusion on the EU terror list slated to take place...

April 29, 2013 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Connecting the Dots: Hezbollah, Iran’s Web of Plots

As the European Union grapples with a ban of the Lebanese Shi’ite organization Hezbollah within its territory, reports emerged last week of foiled Iranian and Hezbollah terror and criminal...

November 16, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal National Review Online |

The World Watches Israel Under Fire

As Patrick noted below, the past couple days’ attacks have now reached Tel Aviv. Palestini...

September 24, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

‘UK, France, Germany Urge EU to Up Iran Sanctions’

Britain, France and Germany called on the European Union to impose fresh sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, AFP reported late Sunday, citing diplomatic sources. An EU dipl...

September 18, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal

Das Gift

How Angela Merkel's bold plan to save Europe may have just saved Barack Obama.

August 30, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal

Disturbing Western Tepidness on Saudi Homophobia

When Saudi Arabia informed the international body responsible for approving Internet domain name suffixes that it opposed the creation of a .gay category, the kingdom’s pervasive controls o...

April 3, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Young Germans for Military Strikes Against Iran’s Nukes

While Germany’s social democratic leader and chancellor hopeful Sigmar Gabriel recently termed Israel an ‘Apa...

February 12, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

‘Retain Military Options Against Iran’

“After the West has for years allowed the wool to be pulled over its eyes, Iran cannot take us seriously,” Bundestag deputy says

February 9, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Can Iran Be Contained?

The Munich Security Conference, a who’s who of global security officials and diplomats, has long been a platform to promote bizarre dialogues with the Iranian regime—and this year was...

December 14, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Europe Waives Diplomatic Sanctions Against Iran

Continental Europe's zig-zag course with sanctioned Iranian officials remains a counterproductive leftover vestige to the EU's nearly 30 year failed policy of dialogue with Tehran'...

November 21, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal |

EU Must Take Iran Action

For almost 10 years, the European Union has engaged Iran’s rulers in fruitless diplomatic efforts to halt their nuclear weapons program. Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency co...

November 21, 2011 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Obama and the EU Could Stop Iran’s Nuclear Quest With Crippling Financial Sanctions

On Monday, November 14, only days after the United Nations' nuclear authority detailed...