For the EU, business opportunities outweigh Iran’s bad behavior Lifting sanctions is clearly the goal of the Iranians, but it also appears to be the aim of the Europeans. James Sinkinson April 13, 2021
House Republicans propose ‘toughest sanctions’ on Iran The RSC plan also includes policy recommendations to combat other U.S. adversaries, including Russia and China. June 10, 2020
Europeans complete first transaction to Iran on trade mechanism, circumventing US sanctions Although the details of the transaction are unknown, a report says it was “the sale was equipment related to blood treatment from a German exporter and had been in the works for several months.” March 31, 2020
While Iran shoots protesters, Europe schemes to enrich the murderers Tehran’s violence against demonstrators is the worst in 40 years. Yet Europeans chose this week to double down on an effort to evade U.S. sanctions. Jonathan S. Tobin Dec. 4, 2019
In evading US sanctions, Europe is ignoring ‘justice’ for the Iranian people “Talk about wrong place, wrong time. Rather than standing with the Iranian people during this historic and dark moment, European nations are working overtime to resurrect a deal which is essentially dead,” said Behnam Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Jackson Richman Dec. 2, 2019
Israeli lawsuit targets European effort to bypass sanctions on Iran Families of terror victims and the Shurat Hadin Israel Law Center are filing a lawsuit in France to confiscate Iranian funds passing through INSTEX, a mechanism established by Germany, Great Britain and France to bypass U.S. sanctions against Iran. July 15, 2019
FATF must hold Iran accountable Iran cannot be a part of the global financial system unless and until it decides to play by the same rules as everyone else. David Ibsen Feb. 21, 2019
At Warsaw summit, Pence calls on EU to withdraw from Iran nuclear deal “It is an ill-advised step that will only strengthen Iran, weaken the E.U., and create still more distance between Europe and the United States,” said U.S. Vice President Mike Pence. Feb. 14, 2019
US warns of action against companies trading with Iran “We’ll find them and sanction them, and they won’t be doing any business with the United States,” said U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland. Feb. 8, 2019
