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October 12, 2007       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/912104.html

Germany's Iranian Secret

[Ha'aretz] Benjamin Weinthal - German Chancellor Angela Merkel's tough political rhetoric stands in sharp contrast to the pricey business deals German firms have closed with the Tehran regime, to the tune of $5.7 billion in 2006. That makes Germany Iran's most important trading partner in the EU. A total of 5,000 German enterprises conduct business with Iran, and the list reads like a "Who's Who" of blue-chip corporations. Michael Tockuss, former president of the German-Iranian Chamber of Commerce in Tehran, said: "Some two-thirds of Iranian industry relies on German engineering products."

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