Dec. 23, 2022, 4:48 PM
Germany said it’s suspending trade-promotion programs for Iran, citing the “very serious situation” in the country.
The suspension — days after the EU’s top diplomatic representative said relations with Iran were deteriorating — affects loan and investment guarantees that opened up in 2016 after Iran’s nuclear agreement, but have been dormant since at least 2019, the Economy Ministry in Berlin said in a statement Friday.
Investment guarantees have been suspended and loan guarantees will halt in January, with humanitarian exemptions. Germany’s trade promotion agency, known as Germany Trade and Invest, and Germany’s business promotion office in Iran have “reduced their …
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