Germany’s ban on Hezbollah is a compromise measure between German lawmakers who want to take a harder line against Iran and those who do not. The ban appears aimed at providing the German government with political cover that allows Germany to claim that it has fully banned the group even if it has not.
The European Union has resisted pressure to outlaw all of Hezbollah. European officials, who make an artificial distinction between Hezbollah’s military and political wing, regularly claim that a total ban might destabilize Lebanon’s political system, which is now dominated by the terrorist group.
Britain, France and Germany, the three European signatories of the Iran nuclear deal, have activated the agreement’s dispute mechanism in an effort to force Tehran into compliance with its commitment to curb its nuclear program.
A senior German diplomat appointed to head an EU barter system that would enable European companies to sidestep U.S. sanctions on Iran stepped down after giving an interview in which he criticized the existence of Israel and praised Tehran’s ballistic missile program.
The ongoing war in Yemen has increased the Houthis dependence on weapons and financial support from Iran, whose position in Yemen is stronger than ever.
The flurry of European business activity in Iran implies that international sanctions are crumbling, and if Tehran violates its commitments under the nuclear deal, efforts to re-impose them are unlikely to succeed.
More than a dozen EU countries have supplied Iran with dual-use technologies in one form or another in recent years, and much of that trade was lawful and in compliance with export control regulations, research shows.
En una sesión de emergencia celebrada el 4 de febrero, del Organismo Internacional de la Energía Atómica (OIEA) votó remitir el informe sobre la cuestión nuclear iraní al Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas.
Can the often feckless Security Council change Tehran’s behaviour, thereby preventing the need for military action and turning Iran into a showcase example of effective multilateralism?
La elección de Mahmud Ahmadineyad como nuevo presidente de Irán lo mermará las posibilidades de reconciliación entre Irán y Estados Unidos.
The election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran’s new president will undermine the chance for reconciliation between Iran and the United States.
La Casa Blanca ha indicado que habla en serio sobre su intención de impedir que Irán adquiera armamento nuclear.
