Live Naval Mission and is instead continuing to put its faith in the nuclear deal struck with iran in 2015 which President Trump withdrew america from last year. So our question this week here on quadriga is iran crisis europe on the sidelines and to discuss that question im joined here in the studio by early for toller nature a middle east expert with think tanks like the Brookings Institution and the German Council on Foreign Relations he argues that the big challenge is to transcend to equally simplistic perceptions of the Islamic Republic europes tendency towards glorification of washingtons polish all full demonizes nation also with us is alan posner regular commentator for the bergen based daily. He believes that europe is on the front line of irans aggression if we choose appeasement he says we will pay dearly for cowardice. Yes and a very warm welcome to seward rica how man who is a business journalist with another berlin daily the time for side show all the time says its all s