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Why is the EU attending the butcher of Tehran’s inauguration?

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The EU will send a senior official to the inauguration of Ebrahim Raisi, the soon to be president of the Iranian Republic. Enrique Mora, deputy secretary-general of the EU’s diplomatic service, will attend the glorious shindig, which will see the ultra-conservative Raisi confirmed by the Iranian parliament on Thursday. A spokeswoman for the EU explained that the bloc was sending a representative, because: 'It is crucial to engage diplomatically with the new administration'

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Why is the EU attending the butcher of Tehran’s inauguration?

At the beginning of the year Donald Trump’s Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, was forced to hastily cancel a diplomatic trip to Europe, reportedly after top EU officials refused to meet with him following the storming of the US Capitol building. In the aftermath of the event, Luxembourg’s foreign minister suggested that Trump was a ‘political pyromaniac’ and Pompeo soon found that the United States was no longer a welcome presence in the hallowed…

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Why is the EU attending the butcher of Tehran’s inauguration? - The Spectator World

At the beginning of the year Mike Pompeo was forced to hastily cancel a diplomatic trip to Europe, reportedly after top EU officials refused to meet with him following the storming of the Capitol. In the aftermath of the event, Luxembourg’s foreign minister suggested that Trump was a ‘political pyromaniac’ and his secretary of state soon found that the United States was no longer a welcome presence in the hallowed halls of Brussels. If that w…

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