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EU-Turkey Accession Negotiations Backsliding?

In the recent years, the common messages addressed to Ankara stated a more and more increasing concern about the democratic deficit of Turkey while on the other side the Turkish discontent had developed further along the fact that no Progress Report had classified FETO, the perpetrators of the coup attempt, as a terrorist group.

Why Turkey is Complying with the Iran Sanctions

After Trump left the deal, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s setting out of the “conditions for normalization,” which targeted Iran’s regional and defense policies, tools and non-state allies, the designation of the Revolutionary Guard Corps – Iran’s most important security agency – as a foreign terrorist organization, and sanctions imposed on several state officials were effective in terms of Iranians reaching to a consensus about who the real target was.

Iran Sanctions: A Year On

It became more apparent that the administration would further push Tehran harder when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared his famous “12 Demands,” which covers issues from nuclear enrichment to support for terrorist activities.

Will the Far-Right Lead Europe?

’ In other words, without providing evidence on such restrictions it lays the ‘stigmatization of migrants as possible terrorists, traffickers and smugglers’ and eventually the climate of hatred and xenophobia will further increase.

How Long Can Iran Resist US Pressure?

The Washington administration launched two-stage sanctions against Iran in August and November after the country’s withdrawal from the Nuclear Agreement (JCPOA), and in April 2019, declared Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a foreign terrorist organization.