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Sweden seeks to block tough EU Iran sanctions

By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL, JERUSALEM POST CORRESPONDENT

OCTOBER 15, 2012 02:29

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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