Iran
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Germany-Iran: German companies breaking Iran embargo
1 October 2012943PresseuropDer Spiegel -
EU-Middle East: Hezbollah - EU friend or foe?
24 August 201212422 The New York Times New York -
Iran: EU favours dialogue with Iran
7 March 2012202PresseuropDie Welt -
The front page: 27 February 2012
27 February 201227PresseuropBild, Gazeta Wyborcza, Jornal de Notícias & 4 others -
Diplomacy: Europe’s undeclared war against Iran
26 January 201229211 The New York Times New York -
Diplomacy: EU raises stakes with Iran
24 January 20126812PresseuropLe Figaro, Süddeutsche Zeitung, The Daily Telegraph, La Vanguardia -
Netherlands-Iran: Diplomatic anger over secret burial
8 February 2011PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Iran: Diplomatic crisis after Dutch citizen executed
31 January 2011PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Europe / Asia: Stalin’s dream to come true
7 October 201012PresseuropRomânia libera -
EU-Iran: Brussels to counter Iranian censorship
24 March 20101PresseuropLe Monde -
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 -
Gas: All pipelines lead to Ankara
30 September 200925 Die Zeit Hamburg -
Anti-missile shield: Russia inspires fear and foreboding
18 September 20091 Presseurop -
Immigration: The Afghan odyssey
2 September 20091 International 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 -
Germany: A personal fight, through pipelines
3 July 2009PresseuropDie Zeit -
Iran: Nokia-Siemens and the Mullahs
29 June 2009PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Iran: Not just a physical gulf
26 June 20091 ABC Madrid -
Ruben, Dagblad De Limburger (Maastricht): Ahmadinejad wins election beyond the shadow of a doubt
25 June 2009 -
Iranian Elections: Nokia-Siemens accused in censorship row
24 June 2009PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -
Media: This is Radio Free Iran
23 June 2009Die Welt Berlin -
Iran: Come the hour, come the Mujahideen
22 June 2009Rue89 Paris -
Green revolution: Iran, '68 and all that
19 June 2009PresseuropBlog -
International: What's the deal with Iran?
18 June 20091 Presseurop
Branded terrorists by the US, the Shiite radical group Hezbollah has offices throughout Europe, insisting it is simply a political and humanitarian organisation raising money that is funnelled to the group’s leadership in Lebanon. But are Europe’s security services paying close enough attention, wonders the New York Times. 
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.