https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21812/iran-europe-treachery
As Israeli and American forces took awe-inspiring steps to cripple Iran’s nuclear weapons program and weaken the Islamic Republic’s regional power projection, the leaders of the EU3 — France, Germany, and the United Kingdom — have been busy smiling across negotiating tables, scheming behind closed doors to help the regime survive.
European leaders are now locked in direct negotiations with Iran; both sides are apparently pleased with how things are progressing. What is the goal of these talks? It is not peace, not justice, and certainly not about protecting the world from nuclear blackmail. No, the objective is to ensure that the snapback sanctions, the most powerful tool to constrain Iran, are not reimposed.
The EU3 powers — the UK, France, and Germany — are now saying that they might trigger the snapback sanctions – but only if Iran fails to “contain” its nuclear program by the end of August. That word — “contain” — is a political farce. What does “contain” even mean? ….[O]f course Iran will say, “Yes, we’ll contain it.” …. just long enough for the snapback sanctions deadline to expire.
This is classic Tehran. This is how the regime has always operated. Yet the European leaders are falling for it again — or more likely, choosing to fall for it: they want an excuse not to reimpose sanctions.
To be clear: the West has nothing to show for these negotiations; Iran has everything to gain. Iran gets to look “reasonable,” pocket more time, avoid sanctions, and wait for the clock to run out — after which the UN sanctions vanish forever….. Russia and China will never again agree to reimpose them through the UN Security Council. The European powers know this but clearly could not care less.
In reality, “contain” is nothing but a sanitized rebranding of the same failed JCPOA. The idea that Iran can “contain” its program means exactly what the JCPOA allowed: a laughable “honor system” — uranium enrichment, centrifuges spinning, and a countdown until Iran nearly reached breakout capability. This is not disarmament. This is a con. There needs to be zero enrichment, zero centrifuges and zero compromise. If the goal is nonproliferation, that is the only position that makes sense.
If Iran truly wants to prove that its intentions are peaceful, it can dismantle every element of its nuclear infrastructure — permanently. Anything less is just duplicity waiting to happen.
Europe’s moral compass has been replaced by a calculator and a gas pump. All they evidently care about is money — oil deals, luxury imports, sweetheart business contracts — with the same Iranian regime that hangs dissidents, murders women in the streets, and calls for genocide against Israel and the West, including Europe.
If the governments of the EU3 truly believed in human rights, regional security, or protecting its own backyard, they would have blocked the move. Instead, they did nothing. They stood by silently, allowing Iran to legally purchase and sell advanced weapons. Then, what did Iran do with its new freedom? It began arming Russia — the very country trying to invade Europe through Ukraine. The EU3 powers refused to stop Iran from becoming a weapons dealer for the Kremlin. This is not hypocrisy. This is a serious betrayal — of Europe’s own people, and of every Ukrainian citizen fighting against Russian tanks.
Let us call this what it is: treachery. Many officials within the European Union helped create the problem with Iran. They enabled the regime’s rise. They funded its resurgence. And now, just when the Iranian regime is cornered, they are riding in to save it once again. For money. For a surrender masquerading as “diplomacy”….
The snapback sanctions must be triggered immediately.
Europe’s leaders have chosen the wrong side of history before. Do not let them drag the rest of us down with them again.
While the United States and Israel have carried the backbreaking burden of confronting the Iranian regime’s nuclear threat with courage and real-world action, some European leaders have once again decided to play the coward’s role — not just by refusing to stand up to Iran, but by actively enabling it.
