Berlin opposes ‘non-UN’ sanctions on Iran
Germany does not back French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s call for tougher sanctions over Iran’s nuclear programme outside the aegis of the UN, the Der Spiegel magazine said in an issue due out Monday. ‘The United States backs (Sarkozy’s suggestion) but Berlin is against it,’ a source close to German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier was cited as saying. Full Story