The Brussels Report Podcast Episode 24 – The EU's policy towards Iran
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🗓️ 7 September 2022
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Brussels Report podcast, BrusselsReport.eu editor Pieter Cleppe discusses the tense relationship between the EU and Iran with two eminent experts on the topic:
Rebecca Schönenbach, CEO of Veto! For the Rule of Law and expert in extremism and terrorist financing (Part I of the podcast)
and
Kambiz Ghafouri, Director KGM Media, journalist and expert on Iran domestic and foreign policy (Part II of the podcast)
The following topics are being discussed:
- Are we close to a new Iran deal? What are the pitfalls? Are there any upsides?
- Are Iran and Russia rivals or are they full-fledged allies? How should the EU and the West position themselves against this?
- What should be EU policy towards Iran?
- Is Russia already using Iran to circumvent the sanctions? Will this increase after a deal with Iran?
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The Brussels Report Podcast |
| 0:10.0 | Welcome to a new episode of the Brussels Report podcast. |
| 0:18.0 | My name is Peter Klepper. I'm the editor-in-chief of Brusselsreport.e.U. |
| 0:25.0 | And this episode will cover the topic of Iran and the relations between Iran and the West, |
| 0:33.7 | which are, of course, very important for multiple reasons. I will have two guests and my first |
| 0:40.7 | guest is Rebecca Schunenberg. She is an independent researcher in Islamic finance. So welcome, Rebecca. |
| 0:51.0 | Thank you for the invitation. I'm happy to be here. It's my pleasure. |
| 0:55.0 | And as we speak, the West and Iran are very close according to some sources to revived GCPOA |
| 1:08.0 | deal or less close according to some other sources. |
| 1:12.8 | So what's your view on this? |
| 1:15.6 | How close are we? |
| 1:17.4 | Well, as of yesterday, we are further away than before because I don't know if you heard it, |
| 1:21.9 | but yesterday the Iranian delegation handed in a proposal. |
| 1:27.3 | And both the US and the European agents, I mean, representatives said that it is a very |
| 1:36.8 | disappointing proposal. |
| 1:39.2 | So they're not going to agree on the terms proposed by mainly the EU delegation. |
| 1:47.1 | They didn't specify what was proposed, but they were very disappointed. |
| 1:52.1 | So I'd say we're not closer to a deal than before, but further away. |
| 1:58.4 | Okay, very interesting. |
| 2:00.0 | I mean, in your view, do you think that Europe should have taken the concerns issued |
| 2:06.3 | by Israel more serious because already when the deal was closed by Obama, Israel was always |
| 2:14.7 | dead against and they were warning that ultimately this deal was also very bad |
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