Stop the Bomb group blasts German trade growth with Iran

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL
Country's exports to Islamic Republic hit 385m euros in March, up from 261m a year earlier.
BERLIN – Booming trade between Germany and Iran in the first quarter of 2010 prompted the Stop the Bomb NGO to slam Chancellor Angela Merkel’s administration on Wednesday for protecting its tight economic relationship with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government.“Every continued form of support on the economic and political level represents direct complicity with the terror of the Ahmadinejad clique,” Stop the Bomb spokesman Andreas Benl, based in Hamburg, told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday.According to the pro-Teheran German-Iranian Chamber of Commerce in Hamburg, there was a significant increase in German exports to Iran, to €385 million in March 2010 from €261m. in March 2009. During the period January to March of this year, German exports to Iran increased by 15% from the same period in 2009. Iranian exports to Germany climbed 94% during the first quarter of 2010, compared to the same period a year ago.“The Iran lobby’s rejoicing shows that nothing has changed in the support by German industry that is crucial to the regime’s existence, and that there is no sign of a ‘discouragement strategy’ by the federal government. Germany continues to be Iran’s most important trading partner,” Benl said.
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