چکیده:
The British people vote to withdraw from the European Union (Brexit) in 23 June 2016 referendum is one of the most important events occurred in the European Union since its formation. Brexit can highly affect the future status of the EU in the international system and the relationship between the EU and other regions of the world. Withdrawal of the UK from European Union occurred after the agreement reached between Iran and E3+3 on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), and at the time when Iran-EU relationship seemed to improve, so this departure can highly shape and affect Iran-EU relationship. The question this paper addresses is that how the Brexit would affect the relationship between the EU and Iran. To answer this question, the hypothesis proposed here is that the Brexit would improve the relationship between Islamic Republic of Iran and the European Union by decreasing the transatlantic weight and the US-oriented tendency in the EU. This article uses descriptive-analytical approach.
خلاصه ماشینی:
To answer this question, the hypothesis proposed here is that the Brexit would improve the relationship between Islamic Republic of Iran and the European Union by decreasing the transatlantic weight and the US-oriented tendency in the EU.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has also considered the European Union as an important counterbalance against the United States on various occasions, especially after the EU played an important role in the nuclear deal reached between Iran and P5+1 group which was called Iran nuclear deal the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in this regard Iran- EU relationship would be affected by the EU domestic developments including the Brexit.
As seen, the European Union as an important international player played a major role in the process of achieving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, as three members of this bloc took part in the nuclear negotiations, and since then it has tried to develop relations with Iran in all areas, especially in trade, economy and energy, to create a new chapter in the EU- Iran relationship.
The withdrawal of Britain, as an influential member of the European Union, would affect Iran-EU relationship in one way or another.
Another issue which is worth to mention here is that the presence of the UK on behalf of the United States in the European Union had created some political barriers in the EU not to let the bloc expand its relationship with Iran easily, so Brexit would remove some of these barriers.