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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...

October 20, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Iran accused of trying to develop nuclear-tipped missiles

German security officials accused Tehran of trying to develop nuclear-tipped missiles on the same day President Trump decertified the Iran nuclear deal. After FoxNews.com exclusively rep...

July 23, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German Minister Engulfed by Storm of Criticism for Iran Visit

German Vice Chancellor and Economic Minister Sigmar Gabriel’s three-day ...

June 29, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Why Germany is the Weakest Western Link in Nuclear Talks With Iran

With the Iran nuclear talks entering the final stretch in Vienna, Germany’s role in the negotiations to end Tehran’s illicit nuclear weapons program has largely escaped scrutiny....

July 9, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post |

German Firms Still Ship Dual-Use Goods to Iran

Germany’s multi-billion euro bilateral trade relationship with Iran continues unabated, even as evidence mounts that the Islamic Republic is determined to build a nuclear weapons capability...

September 30, 2010 | |

Is German Chancellor Angela Merkel Pro-Israel and Pro-American?

German chancellor Angela Merkel's speech last week to the Leo Baeck Institute (LBI) in Manhattan, when compared with her administration's Iran policies, shows the gap between pro-Israel...

September 13, 2010 | Benjamin Weinthal Jerusalem Post

US Treasury Bans European-Iranian Bank from Operating in US

BERLIN – The US Treasury Department last week banned the Hamburg-based European-Iranian Bank (Europaeisch- Iranische Handelsbank) from operating in the US because it finances companies that...

September 8, 2010 |

Why is Merkel Protecting Iran’s Terror Bank?

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is slated to honor today in the city of Potsdam, just outside of Berlin, the Danish caricaturist Kurt Westergaard, whose cartoons satirizing the Prophet Muhammad a...

August 5, 2010 | Wall Street Journal

Double Down on Iran Sanctions

Just a month after President Obama signed the Iran Sanctions Act into law, the new restrictions appear to have gotten Tehran's attention. Gasoline imports into the Islamic Republic fell nearly 50%...

June 8, 2010 | Wall Street Journal |

The German-Israeli Special Relationship

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's administration is widely considered to be Israel's most reliable and stalwart ally on the European continent. Israeli-German relations-as enshrined by...

April 15, 2010 |

To Pressure Iran, Obama Should Work on Europe — Not Russia and China

The Obama administration is squandering valuable time and resources in making extended overtures to Russia and China to join the West's crackdown on Iran's illegal atomic program. Secretary of Stat...