Middle East Focus: Iranians Waltz into Old Vienna………..

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Iranians Waltz into Old Vienna………..

“While most European countries have reduced their business ties with the mullahs, Austrian exports to Iran, including sophisticated machinery and electronic goods, rose by almost 6% in 2009, reaching approximately €350 million. That figure is even more astounding given that during last year's world financial crisis, Austrian exports to the rest of the world fell 20%. Several Austrian companies are suspected of working with front companies affiliated with the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. Citing information provided by the companies' own Web sites, Emanuele Ottolenghi writes in his recent book "Under a Mushroom Cloud: Europe, Iran and the Bomb" that Tech Hydropower, a company owned by the Austrian Andritz group, is involved in the construction of an Iranian dam on behalf of Sepazad Engineering, the Guard's engineering branch……….”

Okay, but building a dam in Iran is not exactly the same as building a nuclear facility or an armaments plant. It is just a dam, not a dangerous watermelon farm.
The terminology they use at this particular website, even in English, does not sound Iranian. It does have extensive news, though but they almost never quote the maximum leader (Ahmadinejad). Just some curiosity on my part. Maybe, maybe not.
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