Hanover

June 14, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Exile Iranians, Reporters without Borders want cleric arrested for torture

Kaveh Moussavi, an exile Iranian, told the German Die Welt paper that Mansouri was involved in a crime operation that caused “the murder and ultimately the torture of at least one person.”

June 4, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Hezbollah members rise to 1,050 amid growing Jew-hatred-intel

Merkel rejects appeals to ban Lebanese terrorist group.

March 31, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

U.S. ambassador and sanctions cause drop in German-Iran trade

9% drop in German exports to Iran.

February 22, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Foundation Under Fire for Awarding Prize to Antisemitic BDS Group

The group is called Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East and is an energetic supporter of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign targeting the Jewish state.

January 12, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany Permits Iranian Regime Mass Murderer to Flee the Country

Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi – considered a successor to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei – fled Germany on Thursday for Iran amid criminal complaints filed against him for ...

January 10, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany urged to abandon its support of Iran’s mullah regime

While tens of thousands of Iranians have taken to the streets in protest, the German government is taking heat for what some are calling its pro-regime policy in Iran, and its decision to allow s...

January 8, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Politician Files Criminal Complaint Against Iranian Ayatollah for Mass Murder

Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, considered to be a successor to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, faces protests and possible criminal prosecutions in Germany for his widespread exec...

August 9, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Court Dismisses Soldier For Denying Israel’s Existence

A court in Hanover in the state of Lower Saxony affirmed in June the German armed forces’ decision to discharge a soldier because of his rejection of Israel’s right to exist and suppo...

August 8, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany City Bans ‘Israel Is Illegal’ Vote

Authorities in the northern German city of Bremen have prohibited a radical pro-Iranian regime group from conducting a public vote on Saturday on whether Israel is an illegal state. Acco...

January 23, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Germany’s Split Personality: Courts Favor Antisemites, BDS Takes Hits

A regional court’s affirmation this month of a decision asserting that the arson at a synagogue in the city of Wuppertal in July 2014 was not motivated by antisemitism but was merely a plea...

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...

November 24, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran Nuclear Talks: The Narcissism of Minor Differences Between the EU and US

With the negotiation process to end Iran’s illicit nuclear weapons program about to enter the final stretch, nuanced differences still exist among the Western powers toward Tehran....

October 20, 2014 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Are EU Sanctions Against Iran Beginning to Evaporate?

BERLIN - Two pro-Iran business events in Europe coalesced last week, revealing an assault on the hard-fought US-EU sanctions architecture to isolate the Islamic Republic. The first Europe-Iran Fo...

January 5, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Syria Wages War Against Dissidents in Europe

While Bashar al-Assad’s regime continues to suppress and slaughter pro-reform Syrians at home, his security forces have intensified a campaign to intimidate and decimate any Syrian oppositi...