Why is Switzerland Doing Iran’s Dirty Work in Europe?

By Benjamin Weinthal

Published September 17, 2010 3:22pm ET

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Why is Switzerland Doing Iran’s Dirty Work in Europe? — Berlin Switzerland’s Social Democratic foreign minister Michelin Calmy-Rey seems to be playing the part of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s representative in Europe these days. The Swiss daily NZZ disclosed that Calmy-Rey vehemently opposes adopting EU sanctions against Iran. And her country’s massive energy company EGL plans to move forward with an energy deal, reportedly valued between 18 and 27 billion euros, with […]

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