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Europe
German Amb. Set To Run Eu-Iran Trade Resigns, Linked To Holocaust Denier
2019-08-09
[Jpost] Germany’s former ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran, Bernd Erbel, will not oversee the European Union’s mechanism to conduct trade with Tehran because he appeared on a radio show with a virulently antisemitic radio host who allegedly denied the Holocaust.

The US ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, tweeted that "Bild reports that the German official tapped to run Instex, the outfit designed to bypass US sanctions on Iran, has been forced to resign because of antisemitic comments and poor judgment.”

INSTEX is an abbreviation for the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges payment system between the EU and Iran designed to circumvent US sanctions. Erbel pulled out of the position for "personal reasons."

Erbel appeared twice on an Internet radio show with Ken Jebsen in which he praised the terrorist entity Hezbollah and defended Iran's missile program as legal.
Posted by:Elmerert Hupens2660

#2  Iranians eat dogs they prefer to be known as jackals.
Posted by: jpal   2019-08-09 15:19  

#1  Ze Chermans vill find a vay to trade vith ze iranian dogs...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2019-08-09 11:15  

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