The Swedish government tossed a wrench into the EU process to impose a set of
robust new sanctions on Iran in order to protect a business deal between Swedish
telecommunications giant Ericsson and Tehran.
Haaretz reported on Sunday
that an Israeli Foreign Ministry diplomat said, “We know that in Sweden they
fear that if the deal between Ericsson and Iran is canceled this could have
implications for the company’s other deals. The Swedes fear that other countries
with problematic human rights records such as China will hear about the
cancellation and worry about their ties with Ericsson.”
The European
Union is slated on Monday to pass a new package of gas, financial and shipping
sanctions.
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