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VW to stop doing business in Iran: Bloomberg
WASHINGTON, Sept 20, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Volkswagen has bowed to American
pressure stemming from the US rejection of the multi-party nuclear deal and
will end almost all business in Iran, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday.
The accord was reached Tuesday after weeks of talks between the German auto
giant and the administration of President Donald Trump, said Richard Grenell,
the US Ambassador to Germany, according to Bloomberg.
VW will still be able to do some business in Iran under a humanitarian
exception, Bloomberg added.
In May, Trump pulled the US out of the deal it reached with Iran and five
other countries in 2015. That accord lifted sanctions against Tehran in
exchange for restrictions on its nuclear program.
Now, the US is reimposing those sanctions.
Bloomberg said VW has scrapped plans it announced in July last year to sell
cars in Iran for the first time in 17 years.
BSS/AFP/MR/ 1054 hrs