When it comes to the E.U. crowd all we have to recall is Checkoslovakia & Poland, in terms of major European states uniting and confronting evil head on.
Considering that in mid-2003 Iran switched its oil payments from E.U. customers to the Euro, dumping the U.S. Dollar, the sooner the Mullah dictatorship is toppled the better.
Currently, America and Israel will be virtually alone in forcefully confronting the Iranian 'nuclear' menace, unless Iran is clearly implicated in an unthinkable act of terrorism on E.U. soil.
Below Iranian economic data via The Economist:
"Oil earnings dominate Iran’s external trade, generating some 80% of revenue, although non-oil exports have begun to rise. High oil prices during 2000-04 have allowed Iran to record substantial trade surpluses."
Major exports 2003/04
| % of total | Major imports 2001/02 | % of total | |
| Oil&gas | 80.0 | Machinery&transportation tools | 42.9 |
| Petrochemicals | 4.1 | Chemical products | 13.5 |
| Pistachios | 2.4 | Food&live animals | 11.9 |
| Leading markets 2004 | % of total | Leading suppliers 2004 | % of total |
| Japan | 18.5 | Germany | 12.3 |
| China | 9.6 | France | 8.4 |
| Italy | 6.0 | China | 7.5 |