Avash News: Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi, on her X account, addressed European countries regarding their complaints about Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland, saying that they should have thought about this situation when deciding to withdraw from the JCPOA in an attempt to side with Trump.
Araghchi said the European Union’s current conundrum is a direct blowback of the bloc’s past political choices.
The top official referred to recent remarks by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and recalled Europe’s stance after US president Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from Iran’s nuclear agreement during his first term.
He said that at the time, the European troika and the EU followed faithfully obeyed and even abetted President Trump, adding that they should have considered the consequences they are facing today.
He wrote:
When the U.S. violates an agreement signed with the EU barely six months ago, @vonderleyen suddenly springs to action and insists that “in politics as in business—a deal is a deal”, and that when counterparts “shake hands, it must mean something.”
Sadly for Europe, its current conundrum is the very definition of “blowback”. The E3/EU faithfully obeyed and even abetted President Trump when he unilaterally abrogated the Iran Nuclear Deal during his first term. In doing so, they should have thought about today.
There is one clear lesson to be drawn from all this: Either “all deals are deals”, or “no handshake means anything”. It is that stark, and the consequence of the latter is nothing short of the breakdown of the international order.
Case in point: Mr. Trump’s threat to take over Greenland by any means—unlawful as it is under any conception of international law or even a “rules-based order”—could not happen to a more deserving continent.
