"They have always flatly denied these allegations. On the other hand they have not given the world reason to fully trust them. They have in certain regards not furnished the IAEA with the information they have asked for or needed.
On Thursday evening some 20 people were killed and hundreds injured in a suicide attack in the province of Baluchestan province in southeastern Iran. Rebel group Jundallah have claimed the attack. Who are they and how does this conflict the Iranian regime?
Rouzbeh Parsi at the EU Institute for Security Studies in Paris, believes that the first scenario could be realistic. Svenska Dagbladet
This EUISS taskforce took place in Paris and focused on the EU's strategy towards the Middle East Peace Process and what policy options are available to it in the ongoing situation.
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Rouzbeh Parsi at the EU Institute for Security Studies believes that the regime's lack of confidence is a sign that it feels threatened internally. Svenska Dagbladet
"Rouzbeh Parsi menar att regimens brist på tillförsikt är ett tecken på att den känner sig hotad internt." SvD.se
Today's Focus guests to discuss Iran's nuclear programme are Rouzbeh Parsi, a research fellow at the EU Institute for Security Studies, and Eva Singh, FRANCE 24 correspondent in Vienna. France 24
"This is of course very beneficial for the Iranians as it will take some of the edge off the talk of further sanctions," Rouzbeh Parsi, an Iran expert at the European Union Institute for Security Studies in Paris, told Deutsche Welle. Deutsche Welle
"I think that Iran's proposal [on uranium exchange] is a bit belated. Even those who want to give negotiations another chance are insisting on the Iranians actually doing something rather than just proposing different versions of a possible deal that's been around since last autumn."