Reuters:
Germany’s government will help German firms with business in Iran where it can, but cannot entirely shield them from the U.S. decision to quit the Iran nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions against Tehran, the economy minister told a newspaper.
European companies conducting business in Iran face U.S. sanctions after President Donald Trump withdrew from the 2015 nuclear accord between six major powers and Iran. EU officials say there is no easy way to protect EU firms and banks from the extraterritorial nature of the U.S. sanctions.
Asked how the German government could assist German firms feeling nervous in the wake of the U.S. decision, Altmaier told the Passauer Neue Presse newspaper that Berlin would help them assess the situation and developments while also urging the U.S. to grant exemptions and deadline extensions.
“We will help where we can, but there is no way of completely averting the consequences of this unilateral withdrawal,” he said.
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Sanctions, strict or loosey-goosey, are just a pretext, a disguise, a misnomer for something else, military strikes!!! All this prep work Trump, Pompeo, Bolton, and Haley have been doing is a prelude to what Mattis is going to do soon, khar o modar regime o yeki koneh azz hava, zamin , va darya !!!