The corridors of power in Brussels and the grand palaces of European capitals have served as the ultimate stage for a 47-year betrayal. Since the black day of the 1979 Revolution, while the Iranian people bled under the lash of a medieval theocracy, European leaders have played the role of the willing enabler. They trade human lives for barrels of oil and hollow promises of critical dialogue, legitimizing a regime that exports terror to every corner of the globe.
The year 1979 marked the beginning of a dark era where European diplomacy transformed into a lifeline for the Khomeinist regime. While the mullahs were busy hanging dissidents from construction cranes and taking foreign diplomats hostage, Europe was calculating its profit margins. From the very start, the continent’s elite chose the path of appeasement. They treated the architects of global Jihad not as outcasts, but as strategic partners.
This wasn’t just a policy failure; it was a moral surrender. Throughout the 1980s and 90s, even as Iranian hit squads assassinated opposition leaders on European soil – like the infamous Mykonos restaurant killings in Berlin – the response from EU capitals was a pathetic slap on the wrist. They prioritized comprehensive dialogue over justice, effectively telling the regime that European streets were open for their business of blood.
Nothing captures the disgusting subservience of the European elite more vividly than the image of female Western leaders voluntarily donning the Islamic hijab to meet the mullahs. In a display of staggering hypocrisy, women who claim to champion feminism and liberal values in their own countries bow their heads and cover their hair the moment they step off the plane in Tehran.
The visual and symbolic submission of the European elite remains one of the most jarring images of this 47-year betrayal, as female Western leaders systematically abandoned their own principles the moment they touched down in Tehran. Federica Mogherini, during her tenure as the EU’s foreign policy chief, became the primary face of this subservience, notoriously posing for selfies with regime officials while Iranian women were being systematically beaten, blinded, and jailed for the crime of showing their hair.
This pattern of compliance continued with Catherine Ashton, who meticulously ensured her attire met the modesty standards dictated by a theocracy that views women as legal subordinates. Even Emma Bonino, despite her history of activism, eventually caved to the regime’s mandatory dress codes, proving that for the European diplomatic class, political convenience always outweighs the plight of the oppressed. By voluntarily donning the hijab, these women didn’t just follow local protocol; they actively signaled to the Supreme Leader that his war on Iranian women was a secondary concern to the maintenance of European trade and influence.
They spit in the face of every Iranian woman who has ever been tortured in Evin Prison for defying the mandatory veil. By putting on that cloth, they signaled to the Supreme Leader that his war on women is acceptable, so long as the trade deals keep flowing.
Europe’s support for the regime isn’t just symbolic; it’s financial. For decades, the EU has fought tooth and nail to bypass international sanctions and keep the mullahs’ coffers full. When the United States walked away from the disastrous nuclear deal (JCPOA), European leaders scrambled to create INSTEX, a specialized payment system designed specifically to help the regime evade restrictions.
They claim this helps the people, but everyone knows the truth. The billions of euros that flow through European trade go directly into the pockets of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). This money funds the missiles raining down on innocent civilians, the proxies destabilizing the Middle East, and the brutal crackdown on protesters that we are witnessing even now in 2026.
The complicity of individual power players and institutions has consistently fueled the regime’s survival through calculated inaction and strategic enrichment. Josep Borrell, as the EU’s foreign policy chief, became the architect of a futile and endless pursuit of nuclear negotiations, a diplomatic charade that granted the mullahs the critical years needed to advance their enrichment programs toward a weapons-grade threshold. This diplomatic cover was bolstered by the economic engine of Germany, which maintained massive trade ties – exceeding $3.15 billion annually – even during the height of the regime’s domestic repressions, effectively providing the hard currency required to fund the Supreme Leader’s vast surveillance and torture apparatus.
Simultaneously, the EU Commission acted as a political shield for decades, stubbornly resisting the designation of the IRGC as a terrorist organization. This refusal allowed the regime’s terror financiers and operatives to move freely across European borders, laundering money and influence while the very leaders who enabled them looked the other way in the name of stability.
We must never forget the 2026 January massacre, where thousands of Iranians were slaughtered for demanding their basic dignity. While the streets of Tehran ran red, European leaders were still issuing joint statements calling for restraint on both sides. This is the ultimate betrayal. There are no two sides when one side is a genocidal regime, and the other is a nation fighting for its life.
The EU’s refusal to fully isolate the regime until the very last moment – when the IRGC was finally, belatedly designated a terrorist organization in early 2026 – is a stain that will never wash out. For 47 years, they chose the tyrant over the victim. They chose the oil over the blood.
