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Heather Robinson: Germany must change for EU sanctions on Iran to have bite

As EU foreign ministers meet, Iran's second-largest trading partner, Germany, has a responsibility — and leverage. It should lead, as an issue of conscience, in making sure new sanctions have teeth.

STOP THE BOMB press release: Germany wants to weaken Iran sanctions of the European Union

Stuart Eizenstat: Iran Sanctions - Where We Go From Here

A coordinated strategy by the U.S. and the European Union will determine success or failure.

Ali Alfoneh: What Would Really Work to Stop Iran's March to Nukes

By all means, let's target the IRGC. Let's exact a price for their adventurism, their support for terrorism, their role in oppression inside Iran and their role in proliferation. But let's do it effectively.

Germans still bank with Iran

An analysis of Iran's banking sector by former U.S. Treasury Department analyst Avi Jorisch found that five German banks continue to do business with Iranian entities that are designated by the most recent U.N. Security Council...

The Iranian Regime's Numbered Days

The country's conservative and influential merchant class is on strike. This does not bode well for Ahmadinejad's government. The situation goes from bad to worse for the rulers in an endless struggle to contain the cracking of...

Los Angeles Times: German trade with Iran has life of its own

"If this proclaimed special relationship [between Germany and Israel] really has any meaning, and is not just rhetoric, this is the case where this should be applied," said Jonathan Weckerle of Stop the Bomb.

German public television hosts Iranian broadcast boss

The cooperation between taxpayer-funded German television and IRIB has triggered outrage among such groups as the German chapter of Stop the Bomb, which aims to combat Iranian genocidal anti-Semitism.

Regime's propagandist welcomed by two German television network presidents

At a time when major German companies such as Siemens and Mercedes are pulling out of the Islamic Republic, the cozy meeting and the statements attributed to the heads of the media outlets, which happen to be public-service...

Ilan Berman: How to support the Iranian opposition?

The strategies by which the United States can assist Iran's opposition remain poorly understood and even less effectively implemented.

Video: Iranian man pleads for his mother's life

Sajjad thought the worst was over, but then his mother was sentenced to be stoned to death.

The Iranian Challenge: Synchronizing the Political and Technological Clocks

The future of Iran's nuclear program relies on several different "clocks," chief among them the political clock and the technological clock. It is clear that the first clock is lagging behind the latter, which has almost...

Protest against Voest’s Iran business at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting

STOP THE BOMB to ask questions, holds rally in Linz and criticizes Austria's chamber of commerce >>

No deals with the Iranian regime! What is Voest doing in Iran?

Rally at Voest’s shareholders meeting Wednesday, June 7th, 9 am Design Center Linz, Europaplatz 1 STOP THE BOMB, a coalition calling for tight sanctions on the Iranian regime, is going to voice its protest at the annual... >>

Iranian woman faces death by stoning

An Iranian woman convicted of adultery has been sentenced to death by stoning. If carried out the sentence would be the first known stoning to take place in the Islamic Republic in years.