Is Europe Hostage To Iran On Nukes?

European politicians have stayed silent on the latest wave of protests to rock Iran | European Pressphoto Agency

Politico: Iran takes Europe hostage on nukes

EU leaders have at times sounded more critical of Trump than Tehran.

For Europe, it’s like choosing a poison: U.S. President Donald Trump or Iran?

As Tehran inches ever closer to developing nuclear weapons, pressure is building on the European Union to choose a side in a standoff where it has done its utmost to remain on the sidelines.

Europe has taken pains to keep alive the West’s 2015 nuclear deal with Iran after Trump withdrew the U.S. from the accord in May of last year.

Trump’s Republican Party had opposed the deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), from the outset. He argued the agreement wouldn’t prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons in the long term.

But within the EU, the JCPOA represented the defining moment of the bloc’s diplomacy — a singular achievement the region’s leaders believed confirmed the EU’s ability to act in unison on foreign policy.

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WNU Editor: The silence from European leaders on the latest unrest in Iran has been deafening. Their inability to respond to Iran's expansion of its nuclear enrichment program is also not a surprise to me. All the promises that the European governments have made to placate Iranian demands are falling short, and the reason why is that the Europeans do not have the resources and monies to meet the demands from Tehran. Even EU attempts to encourage major European companies to invest and trade with Iran are going nowhere. No surprises there. U.S. sanctions carry heavy penalties, and who wants to get involved in Iran with the current unrest and political instability. So the policy is to criticize President Trump, and stay quiet on Iran with the hope that things will work out.