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A senior German diplomat appointed to head an EU barter system that would enable European companies to sidestep U.S. sanctions on Iran stepped down after giving an interview in which he criticized the existence of Israel and praised Tehran\u2019s ballistic missile program.<\/em><\/p>\n

Germany’s Pro-Iran, Anti-Israel Foreign Policy<\/h3>\n

Soeren Kern | Gatestone Institute<\/a> | August 11, 2019<\/p>\n

A senior German diplomat appointed to head an EU barter system that would enable European companies to sidestep U.S. sanctions on Iran stepped down after giving an interview in which he criticized the existence of Israel and praised Tehran\u2019s ballistic missile program.<\/p>\n

The episode \u2014 the latest of a series of occurrences that have laid bare the anti-Israel foundation of Germany\u2019s foreign policy \u2014 is an embarrassing setback for the German government and will complicate its efforts to salvage the Iran nuclear deal.<\/p>\n

Bernd Erbel, a 71-year-old former German ambassador to Iraq and Iran, said that he would not assume leadership of Instex, a payment mechanism to facilitate European business with Iran, after the newspaper Bild,<\/em> on August 8, published<\/a> the contents of an extensive interview Erbel gave to Ken Jebsen, a German-Iranian radio host who has been described<\/a> as a \u201cconspiracy theorist\u201d and an \u201canti-Semite.\u201d<\/p>\n

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