Barak Ravid, Haaretz Correspondent: German firms seek to bypass Berlin sanctions on Iran
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Title:Trading with Iran #5
Name:Jonathan S
City: FrankfurtState: Germany
It is naïve to believe, that trading with the mullahs is possible without approval by German authorities. Germany has very strict export controls, among others. You cannot export a piece of toilet paper without a huge bureaucratic procedure. As a report by German public TV ARD has shown, the companies and managers involved with Dr. Khan and the covert nuclear program of Tehran were under constant surveillance by the authorities including the secret service. And this happened on a very broad scale. More than 1000 German companies are reported to have been engaged with the nuclear program of the mullahs as well as over 100 Iranian companies in Germany. A few days ago it has been reported, that Hizbullah may operate freely in Germany under an agreement with the authorities. The recruitment of Israeli Arab Khaled Kashkush as a spy by Hizbullah in Germany appears now as the tip of an iceberg.