Rola Unii Europejskiej w negocjacjach nad irańskim programem atomowym
The role of the European Union in the negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the events of 2005–2015, when the international community decided that Iran’s nuclear programme can also serve military purposes, and endeavoured to impose a strict control over this programme. The diplomacy of the European Union was exceptionally active in this area, in particular its three strongest members: France, Germany and the United Kingdom. Given the protests of Iran and its accelerated work within the programme, there emerged the option of confrontation (including military conflict) or compensation offered to Iran in return for its abandoning nuclear ambitions. Over several years of negotiations, concluded by an agreement in July 2015, the EU was able to exert a strong politico-economic pressure on Iran on the one hand, and offer it advantageous terms of cooperation in the field of nuclear research on the other.

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