Greece and Iran
Greece scores 35/100 toward Iran (unfriendliness, pressure), while Iran scores 45/100 back.
Greece toward Iran
Greece moved Patriot missiles back to Crete citing 'fresh Iran threats' and signed a $3.5B defense deal with Israel partly due to concerns about the US-Israel war on Iran, signaling defensive wariness toward Iran. Greece did conduct diplomatic outreach (FM call on Hormuz, acting as US channel), but the overall posture is cautious and protective rather than friendly.
Iran toward Greece
Iran engaged in foreign ministers' talks with Greece over the Hormuz Strait crisis, suggesting functional diplomatic contact, but Iran's threatening posture in the region prompted Greece's defensive repositioning, implying Iran's behavior toward the broader region (including Greece's interests) is pressuring rather than cooperative.
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