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\"CommerzbankAgence France Presse, FRANKFURT – Commerzbank, the second-biggest bank in Germany, is to join other European banks in curtailing its activities with Iran, a spokesman said on Wednesday, as the United States seeks to isolate Teheran economically. <\/p>\n

Commerzbank will stop handling dollar transactions for Iran its its New York branch by the end of this month, the spokesman said, confirming a corresponding report in the Wall Street Journal Europe on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

But the German bank would continue to handle euro transactions for Iranian clients, he added. <\/p>\n

A number of European banks, such as Credit Suisse and UBS, have already taken similar decisions, paring back or ceasing altogether their operations with Iran. <\/p>\n

The US says Iran’s state-controlled banks support terrorism and Washington is also seeking to financially quarantine Iran because of Teheran’s vows to press ahead with its nuclear programme in defiance of international will. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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