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POLICY PAPER | Iran: the jeopardised flagship of the European diplomacy

12/01/2020

The assassination of Qassem Soleimani came in the wake of a long series of scuffles between the United States and Iran since 8 May 2019. A year after the US unilateral withdrawal from the Nuclear Agreemen... Be More Curious...

US-EU-Iran: EU reaches its level of mission in compliance with the EU funding treaties, Next step?

Astrid Viaud

09/07/2019

Iran, Publications

On May 8, 2019, a year to the day after the US unilateral withdrawal from the Agreement, Iran took a new step by suspending two of its major commitments to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). ... Be More Curious...

POLICY BRIEF | The US – Iran Information Warfare: the backstage of the Nuclear Deal and the role of the European Union

Mariaeugenia Benato

25/06/2019

Iran

The concept of Information Warfare (IW) is not recent. It could be define as “a targeted effort to undermine and neutralize hostile command and control systems for the purpose of protecting and coordinating the activities of command and control systems o... Be More Curious...

The Warsaw Summit on Iran – A Breaking Point for the “United Europe”

Soudabeh Nour

15/03/2019

Iran, Publications

After the US unilateral withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal in May 2018, Europe's positions have always been in support of it. In the margins of the 2019 Munich Security Conference, EU High Represe... Be More Curious...

Federalism or Centralism: Competing Visions for Iran’s Future

Vocal Europe

20/01/2019

Iran

Ghazaei is a writer and sociologist residing in Amsterdam. He is a political activist and translator of various books on politics, philosophy and sociology. You can follow him on Twitter. The ever-increa... Be More Curious...

OPINION — The Militarisation of Culture in Iran

Vocal Europe

28/12/2018

Iran

Mohammad S. Alzou’bi is a Fellow at the International Institute for Iranian Studies. The human identity among different nations around the world are shaped according to the nature of region and surroundings, furthermore, the other coercive factors such... Be More Curious...

Why Iran rejects Trump’s offer for unconditional talks?

Vocal Europe

04/09/2018

Iran

Kazem Wali is an Ahwazi freelance journalist and human rights activist based in London. After re-imposing the first phase of American economic sanctions against Iran on 6th August, President Trump propos... Be More Curious...

Attempts to suffocate Iran’s economy might just backfire

Paul Monaghan

18/08/2018

Iran

The decision of the United States to unilaterally impose a programme of boycott, divestment and sanctions on Iran is arguably designed to force European based companies to reconsider investment plans an... Be More Curious...

Iran after the Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki

Heshmat Alavi

19/07/2018

Iran

The Middle East situation on the ground is significantly different in comparison to a short while ago. There were times when Iran sought to become the leading hegemon in the region. With Tehran’s honeymoon coming to an end after eight years of Obam... Be More Curious...

Why Iran can’t take a decision similar to North Korea

Heshmat Alavi

22/06/2018

Iran

The historic meeting between the leaders of the United States and North Korea, and the resulting Korean Peninsula denuclearizing deal, has the potential of resolving a decades-old international crisis. This... Be More Curious...

Iran, Oil and the Destabilisation of the Middle East

Paul Monaghan

21/06/2018

Iran

Oil prices have increased sharply following President Trump’s unilateral decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and to reimpose the "highest level" of economic sanctions on... Be More Curious...

The Iranian Pariah and the Zero-Sum Game

Rahim Hamid

20/06/2018

Iran

Over the last four decades, especially in recent years, Iran’s regime has limited the scope of its policies and activities to brutal, regressive belligerence, which has ultimately led it to become an ostracized pariah state in the international community. ... Be More Curious...

The two faces of the regime in Iran

Rahim Hamid

19/06/2018