Iran
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Diplomacy
Europe’s undeclared war against Iran
26 January 201211The New York Times New York -
Diplomacy
EU raises stakes with Iran
24 January 201212PresseuropLe Figaro, Süddeutsche Zeitung, The Daily Telegraph, La Vanguardia -
Netherlands-Iran
Diplomatic anger over secret burial
8 February 2011PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
31 January 2011PresseuropDe Volkskrant
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Europe / Asia
Stalin’s dream to come true
7 October 2010PresseuropRomânia libera -
24 March 20101PresseuropLe Monde
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Italy-Iran
Silvio's Teheran love affair on the rocks
10 February 2010PresseuropLa Stampa -
Israel/Palestine
No EU passports for Mossad, asks Hamas
3 February 2010PresseuropEUobserver.com -
30 September 2009Die Zeit Hamburg
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Anti-missile shield
Russia inspires fear and foreboding
18 September 20091Presseurop -
Immigration
The Afghan odyssey
2 September 20091International Herald Tribune Paris -
Middle East
Moving closer to Syria
27 August 2009The Guardian London -
Turkey
Go East
19 August 2009The Guardian London -
Netherlands
More Tariq Ramadan controversy
14 August 2009PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
ENERGY
Nabucco out to gas up
13 July 2009PresseuropLe Figaro -
3 July 2009PresseuropDie Zeit
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29 June 2009PresseuropDie Tageszeitung
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26 June 20091ABC Madrid
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25 June 2009
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Iranian Elections
Nokia-Siemens accused in censorship row
24 June 2009PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -
Media
This is Radio Free Iran
23 June 2009Die Welt Berlin -
22 June 2009Rue89 Paris
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International
What's the deal with Iran?
18 June 20091Presseurop
Now that the EU has slapped unprecedented sanctions on Iranian oil imports in a bid to thwart its alleged nuclear weapons programme, what are the consequences? asks a Tel Aviv based political scientist. 
With their decision to impose an embargo on Iranian oil and to freeze Iranian bank assets in Europe, EU member states are hoping to force Teheran to halt its nuclear program — an initiative which the European press believes is a risky bet. 
Ankara is the neighbour Europeans still won’t let into their club. And yet the country behind the Bosporus is soon to become the communication hub for energy supplies bound for Europe. Die Zeit doubts the EU can go on snubbing the Turks indefinitely.
Barack Obama's decision to abandon plans for a missile defence shield in Poland and the Czech Republic – promised by George Bush – has not been welcomed in either country. The European press expresses its concern about the influence of Moscow in the region. 
Thousands of Afghan boys are making their way alone across Europe, a trend that has accelerated in the past two years as conditions for Afghan refugees become more difficult in countries like Iran and Pakistan. Although some are as young as 12, most are teenagers seeking an education and a future that is not possible in their own country, which is still struggling with poverty and violence eight years after the end of Taliban rule. 
Britain’s recent call to bring Syria into the EU’s European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) is part of a wider western strategy to tempt the previously isolated Ba'athist regime away from Iran and continue co-operation with the west in Iraq and Lebanon. Chris Philips at the Guardian wonders whether we are witnessing another example of human rights and democracy being sacrificed for political expediency. 
The EU rose out of the ashes of war. Perhaps, with a little patience and pragmatism, a Middle Eastern Union is not such a distant fantasy. And Turkey, as East-West linchpin, is well-placed to be that unifying force. 
For several years now the EU has sought to negotiate between Tehran and the West. But the Iranian regime’s current crackdown shows the limitations of this soft-diplomacy approach and belies all hope of democratic change in view of the deep divide between political cultures. 
While the regime in Teheran cracks down on national media, Iranians broadcasting from abroad become increasingly important. In Prague, Radio Farda is reporting on events in Iran on a daily basis despite attempts to silence it. 
At an unlikely political gathering on the outskirts of Paris that smacks of a giant village fair, the People’s Mujahideen of Iran (PMOI), opposed to the Tehran regime, have made a bid to co-opt the current uprising in Iran. This Saturday afternoon thousands of people from all over Europe gathered to acclaim the leader-in-exile of the “National Council of Resistance of Iran” (NCRI), Maryam Rajavi. 
Even after a week of protests disputing incumbent President Ahmadinejad’s landslide victory in the Iranian election, the EU still keeps a low diplomatic profile. Several newspapers across the continent are suggesting that this might have something to do with European economic interests in the Islamic republic.