Finland–Iran relations

Nuclear Program
In March 2010, during the European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers’ pastoral retreat, Finnish Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb said that there was consensus enough in the EU for imposing unilateral sanctions on Iran for its nuclear activity, as the United Nations (UN) resolution will likely not be ready until June 2010, with the risk that it will not even be passed at that time. He added that “failing [UN sanctions], I think there is an emerging consensus inside the European Union that we will take some unilateral measures from the EU side… What those exact measure are have not been discussed in detail.”
Economic Relationship
In May 2008, Finnish ambassador to Iran Heikki Puurunen met with Iranian customs president Hashem Rahbari to discuss the possibility of the two countries signing an agreement memorandum that would boost their trade relations. Rahbari stated, “Iran has signed several customs trade agreements with foreign countries. If...