Reza Nasri Profile picture
International Lawyer. Foreign policy analyst. Tweets about Iran, in Persian, English and French.

Nov 16, 2017, 12 tweets

1/ #EEAS - #EU' foreign ministry - was born in the midst of the #Iran nuclear crisis.

2/ EU's "common foreign policy" and its relevance as an independent actor on the world stage was shaped and consolidated by the...

3/ ...experience of the #JCPOA success.

4/ .@EmmanuelMacron's apparent alignment with Trump and #SaudiArabia's Mohammad Bin Salman rather than with EU and @FedericaMog on Iran...

5/ ...is a setback for the EU project and EU credibility.

6/ In fact, #Macron's tough line on Iran, his unfriendly tone that resembles more #NikkiHaley's than #FedericaMogherini's, his...

7/ ...unwarranted invocation of sanctions, his calls for "supplementing" the #IranDeal, his government's lukewarm low-level condolence...

8/ ...message after the recent earthquake and etc... are not just reminiscent of France's unhelpful attitude during the sensitive stages...

9/ ...of the negotiations - hence discrediting France with the Iranian government and public opinion - but it is also greatly...

10/ ...inconsistent with EU's commitments to Iran.

11/ This approach, if not reconsidered, would end up damaging both France and EU's credibility, whether as a fair moderator or a trusted...

12/ ...business partner.

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