چکیده:
The article tries to examine Britain's place in EU's policymaking towards Iran. Having in mind the importance of the EU in international stages and also in economic and political matters, the following article has shed light on the ups and downs of Iran’s relations with the UK as one of the important EU-nation states and has concluded that an effective but careful and logical relationship with EU member states could expand the space of more collaborations and in this regard Iran can utilize EU’s capacities. Britain in contrary to the US has avoided military tools and has chosen a negotiating policy toward Iran and has assured other member states of these negotiations. Iran should choose a definite strategy towards EU based on having a complete knowledge of each member – state and their capabilities and special potentials in cooperation with Iran.
خلاصه ماشینی:
Having in mind the importance of the EU in international stages and also in economic and political matters, the following article has shed light on the ups and downs of Iran’s relations with the UK as one of the important EU-nation states and has concluded that an effective but careful and logical relationship with EU member states could expand the space of more collaborations and in this regard Iran can utilize EU’s capacities.
Keywords: Britain, European Union, Foreign Policy, Islamic Republic ofIran, Neoclassical Realism (NCR), Sanction MA in British Studies, University of Tehran, (bakhtiari.
In this regards, the present article tries to examine the relations between Iran, Britain and the EU to analyze how the policies and foreign relationships of the member states could challenge and influence the decisions and the procedures of the union.
Indeed, Cook was following the policy of maintaining Britain's national interest superior to all other things (which was Tony Blair's dogma) for the reason that British were concerned about the presence of their European rivals – France, Italy and Germany- in developing relationships with Iran; furthermore, the process of resolving issues such as peace in the Middle-East, fighting drugs and Iran's nuclear subject needed direct negotiations with the Islamic Republic.
Santini states a new identity for European Union in international areas regarding Iran's nuclear issue and questions the operation of EU and the function of its policies adopted through the influence of other member states' foreign policies and evaluates it a failure (Santini, 2010: 468).