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.
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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.