GARNET - Jointly Executed Research Project 5.2.1 RESEARCH PROJECT THE EXTERNAL IMAGE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION PHASE TWO Director of Research: Sonia Lucarelli (Forum and University of Bologna) – sonia.lucarelli@unibo.it Deputy Director: Lorenzo Fioramonti (Forum and University of Bologna) lorenzo.fioramonti@gmail.com REPORT ON Iranian perceptions of the European Union 1 Ruth Hanau Santini ٭and Raffaele Mauriello ٭ ٭Ruth Hanau Santini received her MA degree at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London and her PhD at the University Federico II, Naples and is currently Compagnia di San Paolo Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, SAIS, Bologna Center. Raffaele Mauriello holds an MA degree in Translation and interpreting from Escuela de traductores de Toledo (Spain), an MA in Translation and interpreting from SSIT “Gregorio VII” in Rome, and a Laurea degree in Oriental languages and Civilization from the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, where he currently is a doctoral candidate in Islamic Civilization. 1