Iran. Wie der Westen seine Werte und Interessen verrät

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Panel discussion at the book premiere

Iran is challenging world politics. The West has looked the other way for far too long. A discussion about failures and a better Iran policy.

Ali Fathollah-Nejad, Shahrzad Eden Osterer, Hannah Neumann, Jörg Lau

Is Europe's strategic short-sightedness partly to blame for Tehran's unchecked hegemonic ambitions? Iran's missile program was ignored, as were the disastrous human rights situation and the massive regional political ambitions of the "Axis of Resistance". Even when a revolutionary process began in Iran, nothing changed. Hannah Neumann, Member of the European Parliament and Chair of the Iran Delegation, and Zeit correspondent Jörg Lau discuss the premiere of "Iran. How the West betrays its values and interests" with author Ali Fathollah-Nejad, German-Iranian political scientist and one of Germany's most sought-after Iran experts, discuss the main features of a new Iran policy. How can Europe safeguard its values and interests while making a sustainable contribution to regional security? Shahrzad Eden Osterer moderates the discussion.

Media and political scientist Hannah Neumann (Alliance 90/The Greens) has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2019. There she represents the Greens' European Parliamentary Group as Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights and as Chair of the European Parliament's Iran Delegation.

The German-Iranian Shahrzad Eden Osterer grew up in Tehran. She now lives in Munich and works as a journalist and presenter for Bayerischer Rundfunk, among others. She has made a name for herself by campaigning for women's rights, against anti-Semitism and for supporting the Iranian democracy movement.

The journalist and author Jörg Lau works as an editor for foreign policy in the capital city office of DIE ZEIT in Berlin, focusing on Islam in Europe, Islamism and religion, among other things. He also devotes himself to these topics in his blog on politics and religion on ZEIT ONLINE.

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Admission: 8 €, reduced: 5 €, members: 3 €