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Pars Today – The Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran described the European Union’s current predicament as the reverse effect of its past policies.
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  • “Seyed Abbas Araghchi,” Iran’s Foreign Minister
    “Seyed Abbas Araghchi,” Iran’s Foreign Minister

Pars Today – The Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran described the European Union’s current predicament as the reverse effect of its past policies.

“Seyed Abbas Araghchi,” Iran’s foreign minister, wrote on his personal page on the social media platform X on Tuesday evening: When the United States violates an agreement that had been arduously signed with the European Union just six months earlier, Ursula von der Leyen suddenly steps in and stresses that “in politics, just like in business, a deal is a deal,” and that when two sides shake hands, it must carry credibility. According to Pars Today, he added: Unfortunately for the European Union, its current predicament is precisely what is referred to as a “reverse effect.”

Araghchi emphasized: When Donald Trump, during his first presidential term, unilaterally withdrew from Iran’s nuclear agreement, the European troika and the European Union followed him with firm conviction and even assisted him. In doing so, they should have taken today’s consequences into account. One clear and obvious lesson can be drawn from these events: either “all deals are deals,” or “a handshake carries no credibility.” A clear example of this is Trump’s threat to seize Greenland by any means necessary, which, although completely illegal under international law or even the so-called “rules-based order,” is something Europe deserves.

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"Yvette Cooper," British Foreign Secretary

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Eilat Port in the occupied territories

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From the economic and on-the-ground consequences, we return once again to the political level in the West and its internal rifts…

"Mike Johnson," Speaker of the US House of Representatives

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“Mike Johnson,” Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, warned that the United Kingdom and the United States are facing a crisis and that the West is “eating itself.” Johnson added that his “mission” is to “calm the waters” and reduce tensions between London and Washington over Greenland.

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"Gennady Gatilov," Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations in Geneva

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