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In Response to Iran’s Nuclear Program, German Firms Are Slowly Pulling Out

C.I. — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:14:01 +0000

FEB. 3 – “German companies, long Iran’s biggest trading partners in Europe, are finding it increasingly difficult to do business there as the United States, Israel and others campaign for tougher United Nations sanctions in response to the country’s nuclear program,” reports the New York Times.

Still Pushing Sanctions

C.I. — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:58:30 +0000

JAN. 27 – “U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is using meetings in London this week to press ahead with imposing tough new international sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program,” reports the AP.

And in Germany:

“German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that time and patience were running out on Iran’s nuclear program and that February would see new sanctions discussed following France’s rise to the presidency of the United Nations’ Security Council,” reports the Jerusalem Post.

Siemens to Stop Doing Business in Iran

C.I. — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:38:58 +0000

JAN. 27 - ”German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG will stop doing business in Iran by the middle of 2010, the company said Wednesday, as international pressure grows to isolate the country over its disputed nuclear program,” reports ABC News.

Jerusalem Post: ‘Nazi-Era Corporate Behavior Repeated’

C.I. — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:31:25 +0000

JAN. 22 -”Activists from political organization Stop the Bomb distributed fliers to the 3,500 stockholders of the German engineering and steel giant ThyssenKrupp here in this industrial city on Thursday, charging that 4.5 percent of the company’s stocks are in the hands of the Iranian government,” reports the Jerusalem Post.

AFP: Iran in Billion-Euro Gas Deal with Germany

C.I. — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:02:30 +0000

JAN. 20 – “Iran has signed a one-billion-euro (1.44-billion-dollar) deal with a German firm to build 100 gas turbo-compressors,” according to a report by AFP citing an industry official quoted in newspaper reports.

Reuters: Iran Denies Report of Gas Distribution Grid Deal

C.I. — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:51:53 +0000

JAN. 19 – “An Iranian official has denied a report that a state engineering company had signed a deal with a German company to help improve Iran’s gas distribution grid,” according to a report by Reuters.

Israeli PM, in Germany, Calls for ‘Crippling’ Sanctions Against Iran

C.I. — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:01:34 +0000

JAN. 18 – “If we don’t apply sanctions, crippling sanctions against this Iranian tyranny, when shall we apply them?” asked Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, during a visit today to Germany. “If not now, when? The answer is now.” See this dispatch from the Jerusalem Post and AP.

German Chancellor Backs Tougher Sanctions Against Iran

C.I. — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:51:46 +0000

JAN. 18 - ”German Chancellor Angela Merkel says her country will back tougher sanctions against Iran if the country doesn’t change its tune on its nuclear program,” reports the Associated Press.

Reuters: Israel in Talks to Buy 6th Submarine From Germany

C.I. — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:53:07 +0000

JAN. 15 – According to Reuters, Israel is broaching the idea of buying a sixth discounted submarine from Germany as part of a military buildup designed to signal strength in the face of Iranian nuclear ambitions.

AP: Six-Nation Iran Parley Being Planned

C.I. — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:00:43 +0000

JAN. 11 – The Associated Press is reporting that the United States and five other countries are likely to meet this week to discuss what to do about Iran’s nuclear program.

Israel’s PM Netanyahu Calls for ‘Tough’ Iran Sanctions

C.I. — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:20:03 +0000

JAN. 11 – Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, called today upon the international community to impose “tough sanctions” against Iran.

Speaking at a Likud faction meeting, Netanyahu said he would raise the issue next week at a special joint session of the German and Israeli governments in Berlin.

“The international community must adopt tough sanctions against Iran, now,” said the Prime Minister. “During the last year, the mask has fallen off the Iranian regime, and this momentum must be seized.”