Analysis
Counterpoint: Why is Iran the Only One Talking Tough?
As officials from the P5+1 and Iran renewed negotiations, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei was taking a hard line on the talks saying Tehran would not back down "one iota". Joshua Goodman asks Jan Techau (Director, Carnegie Europe) and Roland Freudenstein (Deputy Director, Centre for European Studies) if Khamenei's statement is an indication of the limited chance for a deal and whether it should, in fact, be the West taking such a hard line.
AJC Welcomes EU’s Sanctions Against Iran for Terror Plots in Europe
Brussels – 8 January 2018 – The AJC Transatlantic Institute welcomed the EU decision to impose sanctions on a unit of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security and two Iranian nationals after a string of terror plots in Europe.
“For far...
Counterpoint | Episode 1 | MEP Monika Hohlmeier and Björn Stritzel on Terrorism
Hosted by Daniel Schwammenthal, director of the AJC Transatlantic Institute, MEP Monika Hohlmeier, co-author of the report for the Special Committee on Terrorism, and Björn Stritzel, investigative journalist at the BILD newspaper, discussed the findings of the EU Parliament’s Special Committee...
Europe, the US and the Iran Deal: The Need to Resolve Transatlantic Disagreements
By Daniel Schwammenthal
European View (Martens Centre)
30 October 2018
The importance of the transatlantic relationship...
US-Europe Unity Needed on Iran
By Daniel Schwammenthal
4 May 2018
If anyone still wondered whether U.S....
FDD Reuel Marc Gerecht explains why the US will nix the Iranian deal
Reuel Marc Gerecht, from the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, explains why he believes the United States will withdraw from the JCPOA and what the Europeans can do to maintain good transatlantic relations.
FDD CEO Mark Dubowitz discusses why the U.S. should try fixing the deal with Iran
On April 26th, the AJC Transatlantic Institute interviewed Mark Dubowitz from the Foundation for Defence for Democracies on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Why should the United States try fixing the deal as opposed to nixing it? What role does the EU play in this scenario? These...
AJC Welcomes MEP Letter Calling for EU To List Entire Hezbollah As A Terror Group
Brussels – 22 February 2018 – AJC welcomes a letter signed by 60 Members of the European Parliament calling on the European Union Foreign Affairs Council to designate Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organization.
Co-initiated by Anders...
AJC Transatlantic Institute Criticizes the European Parliament for Blocking Cartoon Exhibition on Iran
Brussels – 21 February 2018 – AJC deplores that the European Parliament barred a cross-party group of EU lawmakers from hosting a cartoon exhibition highlighting Tehran’s human rights violations.
Suppressed in its entirety by the British Liberal...
Opening of the Cartoon Exhibition "Iran and Human Rights"
After the European Parliament banned the cartoon exhibition "Iran and Human Rights" on the grounds of being “controversial,” the AJC Transatlantic Institute along with ththe four Members of Parliament co-hosting the exhibit—Lars Adaktusson (EPP), Péter Niedermüller (S&D...
AJC Welcomes Tough Grilling of Iranian Parliamentarians in European Parliament
Brussels – 23 January 2018 - AJC welcomes the tough grilling a group of Iranian parliamentarians received today in the European Parliament. In an unusual step for such meetings with foreign lawmakers, the Chair of the EP Foreign Affairs Committee, David McAllister, opened...