Europe’s Iranian Dreamworld
As Britain's 15 naval personnel languish in Iranian captivity, the European Union dithers. Yet Europe's economic significance for Iran gives it the clout to ensure their release – and to facilitate an alternative to President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad's disastrous misrule.
Weeks into the crisis triggered by Iran’s illegal capture of 15 British naval personnel, the European Union’s irresolute and contradictory approach is making matters worse. Faced with a country whose leader is bent on acquiring nuclear weapons, the EU’s leaders are simply dithering, fearing that the fire next door in Iraq could somehow spread.
Weeks into the crisis triggered by Iran’s illegal capture of 15 British naval personnel, the European Union’s irresolute and contradictory approach is making matters worse. Faced with a country whose leader is bent on acquiring nuclear weapons, the EU’s leaders are simply dithering, fearing that the fire next door in Iraq could somehow spread.