In June, Germany’s foreign affairs committee head, Ruprecht Polenz, courted Iranian parliamentarians at the Bundestag in Berlin. And just last month, Polenz hosted Iran’s deputy minister for economic affairs Mohammed Roza Farzin.  (Like other EU leaders, Polenz prioritizes his country’s economic interests over slowing the rise of a nuclear-armed Iran or ending the rampant human rights abuses in the Islamic Republic. Germany’s annual trade volume with Iran hovers around 4 billion euros.) http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2011/11/iran_and_the_nuclear_crisis_the_clever_new_sanctions_that_could_cripple_tehran_s_economy_and_rattle_its_leaders_.html