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Fact Sheet and questions on the Iran business of the Linde Group

Renewed protests announced for OMV shareholders' meeting

STOP THE BOMB to confront board with its criticism of proposed deals with Iran >>

Amnesty says Iran planning to execute juveniles

Rights group Amnesty International said Iran planned to execute two juveniles on Wednesday, five days after hanging a woman convicted of a crime she was alleged to have committed while still under 18.

Germany presses firms to cut trade with Iran

The head of the Federation of German Mid-Size Companies said that his group would press German lawmakers to end their efforts to curb trade with Iran. He announced that a high-ranking German business delegation would visit Iran...

Despite measures, Germany-Iran ties persist

Shareholder meetings usually are about profits. But at the scheduled May 15 meeting in Munich of Linde AG, a chemical company, a group of activists is expected to take the floor with a simple message: Don’t do business with Iran.

Former German envoy blasts Schröder's Iran lobby work

Fathiyeh Naghibzadeh, a member of Stop the Bomb told the protesters, "This regime doesn't care about reform, diplomacy or dialogue. It denies the Holocaust and is preparing a new one. No one who does business with this regime can...

Press release: Former German Ambassador to Israel Rudolf Dressler criticizes German-Iranian business meeting of the Near and Middle East Association

Schröder promoting trade with Iran

The German Near and Middle East Association (NUMOV) is promoting billions of euros of trade between German companies and Iran. NUMOV's Web site displays an invitation to next week's fifth annual German-Middle East Round Table:...

Amir Taheri: The women Iran fears

The Khomeinist regime has always targeted women. Islamic Prosecutor-General, Mohseni Ejehei, a mid-ranking mullah and Khatami's close friend, identified women as "the Trojan horse" of the regime's many enemies.

Iranian-German Businessmen to Discuss Join Ventures

Iranian and German industry managers will discuss ways to boost bilateral industrial ties in a business forum to take place in Dusseldorf in the near future, Iranian ambassador to Berlin announced.

EU president: Europe blind to scale of Iran threat

The European Union "underestimates the Iranian threat," according to Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, whose country currently holds the rotating presidency of the Union.

German firms to attend Teheran oil show

Three days after the German government decided to boycott the UN's Durban II conference in Geneva, German companies have representatives attending Iran's 14th International Exhibition of Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical Industries in...

Time to unite against Iran

The success of Egyptian intelligence against Iran's espionage and sabotage ring in Egypt not only saved the lives of hundreds of people. It also revealed Iran's modus operandi for taking over countries and territories in the...

Israeli companies continue to trade with firms tied to Iran

Among the European states with commercial ties to Iran, Austria is in only ninth place. Topping the list is Germany, which has a two-faced policy: The government supports the sanctions but does nothing to reduce its trade with...

Analysis: Berlin's spectacular policy reversal

A number of critics argue that the flourishing German economic relationship with the Islamic Republic of Iran - where such German energy giants as Bayerngas, Siemens and RWE are active - carries some weight as an explanation for...