Siemens

December 1, 2021 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Should Europeans invest in Iran? No! Even after 2025

After years of international isolation, economic instability, and sanctions, European companies may be tempted to resume business with Iran if Washington and Tehran revive the 2015 nuclear deal. Before...

April 14, 2020 | Eric S. Edelman, Ray Takeyh

The Next Iranian Revolution

Why Washington Should Seek Regime Change in Tehran

March 31, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

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

9% drop in German exports to Iran.

September 20, 2018 | David Adesnik, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Europe’s Leading Companies Are Bowing to U.S. Sanctions

Corporate Europe is bowing to the pressure of Washington’s unilateral sanctions on Iran. The continent’s leading multinational firms, such as Airbus, Maersk, Peugeot, Total, and Sieme...

September 9, 2018 | |

Major Global Companies are Leaving Iran to Avoid U.S. Sanctions: FDD Study

(Washington, D.C., Sept. 10, 2018) – Major international corporations are leaving Iran rather than face the risk of unilateral U.S. sanctions, despite the efforts of European governments to neutrali...

August 3, 2018 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

The Preeminent Challenge

The biggest foreign-policy challenge before Donald Trump isn’t North Korea, where the usual pattern of diplomacy and deception persists. Nor is it Russia; it doesn’t have the mus...

July 6, 2018 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

The Rial’s Fall Shakes Tehran

A small number of merchants in Tehran on June 24 protested against the rapid depreciation of the rial, the Iranian currency. One day later, that small protest turned into the largest demonstratio...

May 29, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Saudi Arabia stops new business with Germany over its pro-Iran policy

Riyadh pulled the plug on awarding government contracts to German companies, in a possible response to Berlin’s pro-Iranian regime polices and its accusation that the kingdom’s foreig...

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...

October 11, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Report: Iran Tried 30+ Times to Buy Illegal Nuclear Technology in 2016

Iran tried to secure illegal technology that can be used for its nuclear and missile weapons programs, intelligence reports from German states covering 2016 reviewed by The Jerusalem Post reveal....

October 8, 2015 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Here’s How to Stop Iran’s Revolutionary Guard From Profiting Off of the Nuclear Deal

The slogan of Iran’s largest mobile telecommunication business, the Mobile Communication Company of Iran (MCI), is &ldqu...

August 31, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: Unrestricted Europe-Iran Trade Will Help Empower Regime’s Oppression of Citizens

The pernicious European companies selling technology to the Islamic Republic are already well known: They range from widespread surveillance of Iranians to the transfer of dual-use equipment that...

July 30, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

How the West Can Use the Iran Deal to Foster Regime Change

Since the comprehensive deal on Iran’s nuclear-weapons program was reached, technical aspects of the agreement have been discussed, but a crucially unremarked-upon topic deserves significan...

July 29, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

European Companies: Enter The Iranian Market At Your Own Risk

With the signing of an Iranian nuclear agreement earlier this month, European companies along with leading politicians have moved at astonishingly fast pace to enter Iran’s markets. However...

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 ...

July 16, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Analysis: German-Iran Business Ties Complicate Relations With Israel

With the adoption of the Iran nuclear deal by world powers – including Germany – on Tuesday, Chancellor Angela’s Merkel administration issued a full-throated endorsement of the...

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....

April 16, 2012 | Mark Dubowitz |

Tearing Down Iran’s Electronic Curtain

Western companies have provided the technology that enables Tehran's Internet censorship.

April 13, 2012 | Mark Dubowitz |

Tearing Down Iran’s Electronic Curtain

Western companies have provided the technology that enables Tehran's Internet oppression.