Germany and Iran
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Broadcasting as a weapon: The Persian-language Nazi propaganda and its consequences
I delivered this speech on June 4, 2023 on the occasion of the Klangteppich V – Festival for Music of the Iranian Diaspora in Berlin
Hamburg, 04.07.2023
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The Iranian Uprising and the Nuclear Threat: How Should the West Respond
This is the speech I gave on November 17, 2022 in Gainesville, University of Florida
University of Florida, November 17, 2022
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Biden, Berlin, and the Iranian Bomb
What will the new American administration and its European allies do to prevent Iran from getting the bomb?
TELOSscope, February 8, 2021
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The Nuclear Deal Crumbles
The European-German policy toward Iran has definitively failed with Tehran’s gradual exit out or the nuclear agreement. But this is still not recognized in Berlin
TELOSscope (www.telospress.com), May 24, 2019
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Strategic Delusions: Why Germany Coddles Iran
Berlin’s split with Washington on Iran long predates Trump – and it speaks to a dangerous naivety in German strategic thinking.
The American Interest, May 15, 2019
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After Trump’s Iran Decision: Is the West Going to Split?
In the Conflict Over the Nuclear Deal, Germany and the EU Take Iran’s Side Against Washington
TELOSscope, May 16, 2018
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Trump’s Iran ultimatum has startled the European Union
The White House is blackmailing the Europeans to stop them from allowing themselves to be blackmailed by Iran
Hamburg, January 31, 2018
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Global Jihad, Islamic Radicalism, and the Challenge to Europe
Keynote speech, delivered at the seminar “Global Jihad, Islamic Radicalism, the the Challenge to Europe”, organized by the Stockholm Free World Forum (Frivärld) and the Institute for Security & Development Policy on May 25, 2016, at Timbro, Stockholm
Hamburg, 18. März 2017
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They want to turn Paris into a second Tehran
After the 11/13 attack – what next?
Berlin, November 21, 2015
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Hypocrisy and hope: How the media fool themselves about Iran
The Times of Israel, February 9, 2014
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Surrender in Geneva
The five permanent members of the Security Council and Germany nullify the United Nations sanctions regarding Iran
Telospress, November 25, 2013
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Startling Revelations From an Iranian Smuggling Case in Hamburg
the ALGEMEINER, September 17, 2013
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Tehran at the Book Fair
Frankfurt welcomes the regime’s censors as a gesture of ,convergence via a sustained dialogue’
Wall Street Journal, September 17, 2012
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“Against those who want to destroy me, I must be strong.”
What is the connection between Shoah-remembrance and Iran? An Interview with Holocaust survivor Fanny Englard
Jungle Word (Berlin/Germany), April 5, 2012
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Iran: What Will Germany Do Now?
A turning point has been reached that challenges the reigning paradigm of German-Iranian relations
Welt am Sonntag, November 27, 2011
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Sanctions against Tehran – WHY IS THE EUROPEAN UNION HESITATING?
Rèalitè EU, December 21, 2011
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What about the European Union?
A “financial war” against Tehran would be the most humane way of avoiding a nuclear one
RÉALITÉ EU, November 23, 2011
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Matthias Küntzel was presented with the ADL Human Rights Award
The Anti-Defamation League’s statement and the acceptance speech
Palm Beach, FL, February 11, 2011
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No Solidarity with the German Journalists Arrested in Iran
Public indifference encourages the regime
Hamburg, December 15, 2010
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Ahmadinejad’s Bank
Germany has to make up its mind about calling a halt to the activties of Hamburg-based EIH bank
Hamburg, December 10, 2010
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The West’s Policies Towards Iran: What Went Wrong?
A review of Dore Gold’s book “The Rise of Nuclear Iran: How Tehran Defies the West”, Regnery, 2009, 256 pp.
Jewish Political Studies Review, Fall 2010
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Descending from Green Pastures into Hell
perlentaucher, April 2010
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BERLIN, THE AYATOLLAHS, AND THE BOMB
The Journal of International Security Affairs, No. 18, Spring 2010
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Who is Who in German trade with Iran?
A dossier on the branch offices and agencies of German companies in Iran
February 4, 2010
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The Berlin-Dubai-Tehran Axis
The German-Emirati Joint Council for Industry & Commerce seeks new business in Iran even as Merkel promises additional sanctions
Wall Street Journal, February 25, 2010
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Iranian Antisemitism: Stepchild of German National Socialism
The Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs IV:1, January 2010
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Obama’s Search for Peace in Our Time
The West goes wobbly on Iran
The Weekly Standard, Vol. 15, Issue 12, November 29, 2009
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Iran Has No Right to Nuclear Technology
Accepting Iran’s “right” to nuclear power is a recipe for disaster
Wall Street Journal, September 29, 2009
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The West Betrays the Iranian Protest Movement
TELOSscope – the telos press blog, June 26, 2009
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Sanctions? What Sanctions? German-Iranian Trade Booms
Pajamas Media, November 27, 2008
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Germany, Iran and the Party of the Left
A Commentary Commissioned by “Neues Deutschland”, which it Refused to Publish
WWW.TELOSPRESS.COM, June 15, 2008
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The Tehran-Berlin Axis
Wall Street Journal, May 15, 2008
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Back to business as usual with Iran
The NIE report took the wind out of the sanctions campaign in Germany
Jerusalem Post, January 13, 2008
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The Fantasy World of the Iran NIE
World Politics Review, December 18, 2007
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Berlin and Vienna Stand Against the West
European Divisions on the Iranian Bomb
World Politics Review, October 11, 2007
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Europe must decide
European governments have to put massive pressure on Iran and confront it with the alternative of either changing course or suffering devastating economic blows
Brussels, March 7, 2007
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From Khomeini to Ahmadinejad
Mark Bowden’s account of the occupation of the American Embassy in Tehran mirrors the dilemmas of America’s current Iran policy
POLICY REVIEW No. 140, December 2006
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A Sense Of Foreboding
German Reactions to Ahmadinejad
Transatlantic Intelligencer, November 2005
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The “Protocols of the Elders of Zion” at the Frankfurt Book Fair
Transatlantic Intelligencer, October 2005