چکیده:
As a major political player on the global stage and a chief trading partner, the European Union (EU) has always occupied a prominent place in Islamic Iran's foreign relations. Bilateral ties, however, have always been strained fluctuating between bad and worse. This article examines Iranian-EU relations since the revolution in Iran with the aim of identifying the factors in Iranian foreign policy that have contributed to estrangement and variations that have characterized Iran-EU ties. It argues that whenever the governments in Tehran have adopted a radical foreign policy, relations have deteriorated and at times when they have pursued a pragmatist line tensions have eased.
خلاصه ماشینی:
In the meantime, following the heavy atmosphere created in the relations and talks between the two sides and the approval of 4 harsh and sanctioning resolutions by the Security Council against Iran's nuclear activities, coordination between Europe and the United States became more real than ever before, and in this regard, the leaders of the European Union at the meeting on June 14, 2010, in Brussels, approved severe sanctions against Iran.
On the other hand, the European Union has also had motivations such as developing economic and energy relations in the Middle East, investing in Iran, expanding its sphere of influence in the Middle East, influencing the Middle East peace process using the political influence of the Islamic Republic, combating the phenomenon of terrorism, preventing the development of weapons of mass destruction, and creating a multi- lateralism in the Middle East region and the international system, and at the same time, while playing the role of an influential international power alongside the United States, it has sought to deepen its political relations with Tehran.
Following the policy of exporting the revolution caused, firstly, international relations actors to view the Islamic Republic as a force disrupting the global order, and secondly, at the regional level, many countries perceived Iran as a potential danger and a threat to national security.
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