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From appeasement to escalation: Europe's dangerous Iran blind spot - opinion

In the 1930s, Europe watched a hostile ideology announce itself in plain language and chose not to believe it. Today, Europe is making the same calculation about Iran.

|BySAGIV STEINBERG
European Union, Israeli and German flags flutter near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, September 5, 2022
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 3, 2015.

Netanyahu's 2015 Congress speech: A blueprint for action, not a failure - analysis

Netanyahu's 2015 Congress speech on Iran now seems prescient as Israel and the US strike Iran, highlighting a growing partisan divide over Israel in America.

|ByHERB KEINON
An illustration of enforcing sanctions on Iran.

Israel praises UN snapback of sanctions against Iran for nuke violations

Israel’s Foreign Ministry praised the UN move to reinstate sanctions on Iran, calling it vital to stopping Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, REUTERS
Members of the United Nations Security Council vote against a resolution by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran during the 80th U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 26, 2025.

UN reinstates arms embargo, other sanctions on Iran

The E3, Britain, France, and Germany, confirmed that the sanctions will return over accusations that Iran violated the 2015 deal that aimed to stop it developing a nuclear bomb.

|ByREUTERS

Iran sanctions snapback: Enforcement is the only way to curb Tehran’s threats - opinion

The only question is whether governments will translate the legal mechanism into enforcement or allow it to fade into symbolism.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2025ByAIDIN PANAHI
IRANIAN PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian attends the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit, in Tianjin, China, earlier this month. Tehran is betting that Western governments will lack the will to act decisively, states the writer.

E-3 must see 'snapback' trigger through to the end, ignore Iranian trickery - opinion

KNOW COMMENT: Europe must not fall for the ayatollahs’ bait-and-delay scam and offer Iran yet another opportunity to wiggle off the hook.

AUGUST 31, 2025ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran on Sunday. He declared that ‘Tehran would never bow’ to US, European, and Zionist pressures, says the writer.

With 'snapback' sanctions started, 30-day hammer starts to fall on Iran - analysis

The E3, UK, France, and Germany, have triggered the "snapback" mechanism built into 2015's JCPOA nuclear deal, adding global sanctions on Iran, which will come into effect in 30 days.

AUGUST 28, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
French President Emmanuel Macron, Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer pose for the media at a hotel prior to an E3 meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, June 24, 2025.

IRGC asks Taliban for leaked 'kill list' of suspected MI6 agents, collaborators - report

In doing so, IRGC intends to increase its knowledge on spies working for the UK's Secret Intelligence Service, which may give Iran leverage ahead of nuclear negotiations.

AUGUST 6, 2025ByJAMES GENN
The head of the Taliban government, Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Kabul, Afghanistan January 26, 2025.

Iranian advisor shares AI image depicting a nuclear strike on Israel

The picture, shared to Instagram, appears to portray two large nuclear explosions with fallout across Israel.

JULY 13, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
An image posted by an Iranian advisor depicting two mushroom clouds and nuclear fallout over Israel, July 12, 2025.

Attacking Iran isn't enough: Only regime change will end the nuclear threat - opinion

Airstrikes alone won’t dismantle Tehran’s nuclear threat. The complete destruction of Iran’s nuclear program cannot come without the removal of the regime that pursues it.

JULY 7, 2025ByANTHONY AVICE DU BUISSON
IRANIAN PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian attends a news conference in Tehran last week. At a cultural event, he was told not to read poetry in Azerbaijani, says the writer.

Israel's Iran strategy heavily banks on US getting good nuclear deal, sources say - analysis

Israel also hopes that Trump can successfully place limits on Iran's ballistic missile supply, but this is even more uncertain.

JULY 2, 2025ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and US President Donald Trump (illustrative)

Will US back Israeli preemptive actions? - opinion

Will the US support Israel’s new post-October 7 doctrine of preemption and deterrence, or will Washington revert to urging Israeli restraint once ceasefires are established?

JULY 1, 2025ByERIC R. MANDEL
ISRAEL’S AMBASSADOR to the US Yechiel Leiter departs after a visit to the US Capitol last week. If Washington signals restraint or pressures Jerusalem to temper its response to provocations, Iran will interpret it as a green light to escalate, the writer warns.

Trump says US not offering Iran 'anything,' not speaking to Tehran

Trump also reiterated his assertion that the United States had "totally OBLITERATED" Tehran's nuclear facilities.

JUNE 30, 2025ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
US President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation accompanied by senior US officials, June 21, 2025, following US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.

Blinken's critique of Trump omits vital details about Obama's failings with Iran - opinion

What Blinken’s essay leaves out is that Obama employed weak negotiating tactics that allowed Tehran to evade several key issues.

JUNE 30, 2025ByNORMAN J. KURZ
THEN-US SECRETARY of state Antony Blinken meets with International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi at the State Department in 2021. The US ignored Iran’s expansion of ballistic missile technology, the writer maintains.