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Berlin Loves Iran
[Wall Street Journal Europe] Editorial - It's been a while since German military officers attended rallies that feature threats to Jews. Last month Berlin's defense attache in Tehran resumed that tradition at Iran's annual military parade. This episode illustrates the fundamental problem with Germany's attitude toward Iran: the disconnect between what Berlin says is its official policy goal - stopping the mullahs' quest for nuclear arms - and what Berlin actually does. Germany remains Iran's key Western trading partner. In the first seven months of this year, Germany's Federal Office of Economics and Export Control approved 1,926 business deals with Iran - an increase of 63% over last year. During that same period, German exports to Iran rose 14%. For the record, French exports went up 21% during the first six months of the year, while Britain's exports to Tehran fell 20%.