Iran’s Mahan Air is shut down in Germany, immediately. Thank you to the German government for their leadership. https://t.co/kPrqua3lbG— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) January 21, 2019
Washington Examiner: Richard Grenell, Trump’s top ambassador, ‘delivers again,’ blocking Iran
A top Trump ambassador is winning kudos for his part in convincing Germany to ban Iranian airline Mahan Air amid allegations it ran weapons to Syria.
Officials said that Richard Grenell, U.S. ambassador to Germany, played a key role and scored his latest victory since landing last May when he warned, “German companies doing business in Iran should wind down operations immediately.”
“Since arriving in Berlin, Ambassador Grenell has literally hit the ground running delivering on the president’s priorities,” said a key ally and senior Senate Republican aide.
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WNU Editor: The Iranians have made it easy for American diplomats to push for sanctions on Iran .... In shift, EU sanctions Iran over planned Europe attacks (Reuters). But you still need diplomats on the ground to make these things happen. This follows yesterday's report on the U.S. and North Korea maintaining back-channels for over a decade .... U.S. And North Korean Spies Have Held Secret Talks For A Decade (January 21, 2019). The intelligence community may maintain the contacts and lines of communications, but it is always the diplomats who need to deliver.
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