“Iran is ready to turn the page with Europe” | EUROtoday

Iran clearly made identified its place. We have formally warned all JCPOA signatories that an abuse of the “snapback” mechanism will lead to penalties – not solely the tip of the function of Europe within the settlement, but additionally to an escalation of tensions that may turn out to be irreversible.

The E3 group should marvel the way it might have occurred to this useless finish. Under the earlier American administration, the E3 performed the function of key middleman between Tehran and Washington, and Iran participated constructively. But when the political will has weakened in Washington, Europeans have regularly deserted their efforts. Instead of adjusting their technique, they adopted a posture of confrontation – invoking human rights or the official relations of Iran with Russia as pretexts to take their diplomatic distances. As a consequence, Iran is right this moment extra sanctioned than sure officers formally certified as terrorists by the United Nations Security Council.

This method has not solely broken relations between states, nevertheless it has additionally had very actual humanitarian penalties. For instance, the prohibition final 12 months by the EU of the Iranian nationwide airline Iranian Air – primarily based on allegations of missile export then denied by excessive -ranking Ukrainian officers – has severely restricted entry to very important medicine, together with most cancers therapies.

“Double standard of the West”

The distinction with the earlier durations is putting. In 2003, after the devastating earthquake that struck the Iranian metropolis of Bam, France had rapidly deployed a rustic hospital. But final April, when a large hearth ravaged the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas – threatening to disrupt the economic system of Central Asia within the Caucasus – solely Russia provided quick help. EU condolences didn’t arrive till per week later, lengthy after the disaster was mastered.