Is Berlin stepping back from its ties to Tehran?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : The Wall Street Journal wrote a series of biting editorials in 2008 about the bond titled: "Germany Loves Iran."
52% : Iran International reported that "Softqloud GmbH is a branch of Arvancloud or Abr Arvan, an Iranian company which helps to disconnect the internet in Iran."
51% : According to Saeed Ghasseminejad, an Iran expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, the proposed new nuclear deal "would allow Tehran to access up to $275 billion in financial benefits during its first year in effect and $1 trillion by 2030."
51% :Kraemer commented on the webpage, "Intensive talks are already being held behind the scenes with Venezuela, Iran and Algeria to cover Germany's oil and petrol needs."Also based in Baden-Württemberg, the Krempel company sold Iranian businessmen material that was used in Iranian chemical missiles.
45% : If sanctions are lifted against Iran, Germany is positioned to secure many billion dollars worth of new trade.
42% : The clerical regime has murdered more than 300 people during the nationwide protests that began in mid-September; Germany joined the European Union on Monday in imposing sanctions on the mullahs.
42% :The E.U. and the Biden administrations are seeking to provide sanctions relief to Tehran in exchange for the promise of temporary restrictions on its nuclear weapons program.
39% : Even Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock -- who comes from the largely pro-Iran regime Green party -- declared on Monday with respect to the sanctions: "Nobody in Tehran, Mashhad or Isfahan can be allowed to believe that they can get away with committing crimes without consequences."
37% : "Nobody in Tehran can be allowed to believe that they can get away with committing crimes," Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said.
37% : When asked whether Baden-Württemberg will crack down on trade between Iran and companies in the state, the administration of Green party governor Winfried Kretschmann refuses to comment.
36% : Kazem Moussavi, a prominent German-Iranian dissident, told JNS, "It is unfortunate that the Revolutionary Guards, which are primarily responsible for the arrests and killings of protesters in Iran, are still not sanctioned as a terrorist organization.
36% :He continued that "Germany and the E.U. obviously continue to rely on the continuation of the nuclear deal with the murderers in Tehran and thus on the survival of the mullah regime."
32% :Vojoudi said, "We've always criticized German foreign policy towards Iran.

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