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Euroviews. Why is Masoud Pezeshkian (most likely to be) Iran's next president?
Seen as a reformist by many, Pezeshkian must be free to fulfil his promises without interference, especially from the IRGC and other radical hardliners inside and outside the parliament, Euronews' Babak Kamiar writes.
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Euroviews. Iran's upcoming election is a mafia-style tussle of Khamenei's minions
The 1 March election is set to be an insider patron-client fight, with various oligarchic clans competing to have the upper-hand insider hand and ultimately a greater slice of the pie in the kleptocratic so-called “holy system” that is the Islamic Republic, Saeid Golkar and Kasra Aarabi write.
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Euroviews. The EU must stop giving Iran’s foreign minister a platform for disinformation ǀ View
Rather than continuing to invite Zarif for open-ended diplomatic talks, EU member states should begin to adopt strategies aligned with the US. His movements were severely limited during his last visits to the United Nations in New York, and in July he was made subject to US economic sanctions.
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Euroviews. Mourning at Soleimani’s funeral was staged. Iranians are not rallying behind the regime ǀ View
If you logged into Twitter while Soleimani’s funeral was ongoing, you might have encountered a much different narrative about the Quds Force commander and the impact of his death. There, hundreds of thousands of people tweeted using the hashtag #IraniansDetestSoleimani.
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Euroviews. Iran was always going to retaliate for Soleimani’s death. It doesn’t mean it wants a war ǀ View
It is possible that US withdrawal from the JCPOA is at the root of the escalating tensions between the two countries. After that, the region witnessed several attacks on American drones and other targets such as oil tankers in the Gulf and the Strait of Hurmuz.
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Euroviews. Dark money flows between Russia and Iran show how vital EU sanctions are against both ǀ View
The EU must recognise how intertwined the two countries are as well as the necessity of the taking a ‘whole of the Union’ approach to bringing the aggressive behaviour of both regimes to an end.
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