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EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas in Berlin on Tuesday (Photo: EU Commission)

Iran regime might survive protests, EU's Kallas says

EU foreign relations chief Kaja Kallas has cast doubt on Germany's prediction that the Iranian government will shortly fall.

"Nobody knows what the next days or weeks may bring. The way Assad fell in Syria caused surprise, but other regimes of this type have proved very resilient," she said at a press briefing with German defence minister Oscar Pistorius in B...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas in Berlin on Tuesday (Photo: EU Commission)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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