Germany is sticking to its weapons exports freeze to Saudi Arabia, the government said Wednesday, resisting pressure to soften its stance after criticism from Britain and defense firms, including Airbus, who argue it is hurting commerce. Germany said in November that it would reject future arms export licenses to Riyadh over the killing of Saudi […]

France and Germany will sign a new friendship treaty on Tuesday, seeking to boost an alliance at the heart of the European Union as Britain bows out and with nationalism rising around the continent. President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Angela Merkel will sign the deal, which pledges deeper economic and defense ties as well as […]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi dismissed as unfounded recent reports that the country’s charge d’affaires in Germany has been summoned to the European country’s foreign ministry over a suspected espionage case. In a statement released on Monday, Qassemi said he would not confirm the report since it is completely false. Iran’s temporary charge d’affaires […]

Germany, France and the UK are scrambling to win EU backing for a dual-pronged approach on Iran that would seek further sanctions against Tehran while shoring up the landmark nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic. The three powers want to agree on a common EU position ahead of a February 13-14 meeting against Iran that […]

Aarau midfielder Markus Neumayr has criticized his former teammates in Iranian football team Esteghlal. The German midfielder joined Swiss football club Aarau in the January transfer window. The 32-year-old player joined Iran’s Esteghlal in July 2018 on a two-year contract but was released by the team on Dec. 16. These days the German midfielder has […]

 Heiko Maas considered the INF Treaty one of the most crucial agreements on arms to keep the world away from another arms race, yet outlined that further regulatory pacts like this should be reworked. In a guest column for the magazine Der Spiegel, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said the INF Treaty banning ground-based medium-range […]

Iran is calling for keeping the European countries in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action formally known as JCPOA, including Germany, to save it, without the participation of the United States. But the Germans are reluctant to continue to cooperate with Iran due to U.S. secondary sanctions. After the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear […]

Germany and its European partners are considering setting up a payment system with Iran that allows the continuation of business transactions with the Islamic Republic once U.S. sanctions kick in, an economy ministry spokeswoman said on Friday. “As you know, it is a central goal of the EU and the German government to ensure that […]

TEHRAN- The CEO of Germany’s renewable energy company, Durion Energy AG, said his company will not stop working in Iran despite the U.S.-led sanctions against the country, Tasnim news agency reported on Wednesday. Uwe Jorg Kuhnle said: “We made $27 million of investment for building a 20-MW solar farm in Iran last year and we […]

TEHRAN – German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier on Sunday criticized the U.S. sanctions against Iran, the first set of which came into force last Monday. “We do not let Washington dictate trade relations with other countries and therefore stand by the Vienna nuclear agreement,” Altmaier said, Politico reported. In a joint statement last week, the […]