Borel in Tehran: an opportunity to reduce tension or European action according to Trump's vision?

Al-Jazeera Net-Tehran

Iranian media considered the visit of the European Union Commissioner for Foreign Affairs Joseph Burrell to Tehran as an opportunity to normalize its regional and international relations from the European Union portal, while a prominent Iranian parliamentarian accused the European side of following the dictates of the administration of US President Donald Trump.

The new foreign policy commissioner in the European Union met this afternoon Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in the capital, Tehran, and discussed with him issues of common concern, according to what Iranian television announced.

Borel, on his visit - which is the first of its kind to Tehran since he took office - is scheduled to hold talks with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and the head of the legislative authority, Ali Larijani.

Relationship Restoration
A team in Iran views the visit as an opportunity for Tehran to restore its relations with the European Union away from the American influence, especially since the positions of the European Union were more positive towards the Islamic Republic compared to members of the European troika alone.

The researcher in international law and Iranian foreign policy, Reza Nasri, pointed to the constructive role of Borel in extending the time frame to activate the dispute settlement mechanism on the nuclear agreement, and urged the European and Iranian sides to take advantage of the opportunity to strengthen relations and reduce tension between them.

In response to a question about the possibility of the European side retreating from the activation of the dispute settlement mechanism and the return of Tehran to the full implementation of its obligations in the nuclear agreement; the international law professor said that when the Iranian and European sides take the approach to reduce tension, then undoubtedly Spanish politician Borel will be able to take constructive steps in This direction.

And after Britain’s exit from the European Union and the prospects for London getting closer to Washington more and more in the coming stage, Nasri believes that President Trump will make every effort to eliminate the nuclear agreement to prevent Tehran from enjoying its privileges after the end of the UN arms embargo imposed on them.

He warned against the consequences of canceling the nuclear agreement signed with Iran in 2015, and said that the NPT will witness fundamental changes after the collapse of the nuclear agreement, and that the task of reaching an alternative charter will be very difficult because of the lack of trust between its parties.

One last gate
In the context, the spectrum in Iran goes to the necessity of normalization with the regional countries in preparation for resolving the differences with the Western powers, headed by the European Union, to nullify the conspiracies targeting their countries.

For his part, sees the researcher in international affairs Ali Beckdale that Borel's visit comes to urge Tehran to find partial changes in its regional policies to obtain gains, explaining that the European guest is looking for an excuse that can help Tehran.

He pointed out that the European side insists on staying in the nuclear agreement for not neglecting its supervisory role in the Iranian nuclear program, likening the European Union to "Iran's last gate towards the international community" that should not be neglected.

He urged Tehran to positively deal with European initiatives by reviewing its regional policies, warning against tightening the screws on his country in the event that its policies with the European Union and the Middle East are not changed.

Beckdale stressed the correctness of Iranian policy with the international community, noting that all of Iran's foreign problems are confined to the region, and that there is a European objection to Tehran's regional policies, stressing that compatibility with the European side will enable the Iranians to nullify the plots of the "American-Israeli-Saudi triad", according to His expression.

He believed that the European Union is seeking to restore the United States to the nuclear agreement, pointing out that we need to show flexibility towards the European side, especially in light of the efforts aimed at the independence of the European Union policy from the Trump administration's policies that demand it blindly.

Pessimism and threat
In contrast to the first two spectra, there are those who do not count on the results of Borel's visit, based on his conviction that she is unable to move the stagnant nuclear agreement water.

European officials visit Tehran only to pressure it, according to the head of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian parliament Mojtaba Dhul-Nuri, who has threatened to take the sixth shrinking step in the nuclear deal, if Borel’s visit does not achieve the desired results.

He pointed out that he was not pinning hopes on the results of Borel's visit, accusing the European side of following the dictates of the Trump administration, which led the European Troika to not fulfill its obligations in the nuclear agreement, realizing that if the visit aims to implement the commitments, we welcome them.

In this context, the most that the researcher in international affairs Amir Ali Abul Fotouh expects from the first visit of the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs of the European Union is to keep the relationship between them as they are.

He considered that the nuclear agreement represents the most important topic in relations between Iran and the European Union, ruling that Tehran would not change its five steps in reducing its obligations to the nuclear agreement, especially since the European guest will hear an Iranian admonition of the Europeans' inability to fulfill their obligations in the agreement.