By Benjamin Weinthal

Siemens AG, the German engineering giant, which exploited slave labor during WWII in Auschwitz, announced on Tuesday at its annual stockholder meeting that it is severing its business ties with Iran. The decision to pull the plug on new contracts with Teheran took place a day before the 65th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Stop the Bomb, a pro-Israel NGO in Austria and Germany, mounted a sophisticated yearlong pressure campaign to force Siemens to shut down its Iran operation. http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?id=166932