Iran: EU imposes sanctions against 5 people and 3 Iranian companies for transferring kamikaze drones to Russia

On Thursday, the European Union (EU) officially announced new sanctions against five people and three companies from Iran considering them responsible for the supply of kamikaze drones to Russia, with the help of which it attacks the population and civilian infrastructure in UkraineThis was reported by sources in the community.

Council of the EU formalized through a written procedure the political agreement on the application of these sanctions reached on Wednesday afternoon by the twenty-seven country ambassador to the EU in record time, as community foreign ministers proposed on Monday to work on these restrictive measures.

“We are taking urgent action against Iranwho supports the war Russia in Ukraine,” said the President of the European Council, Charles Michaelby using Twitter.

The politician hailed the decision taken “in record time” against those in Iran providing military support to Russia.

This afternoon, the EU Official Gazette will publish the decision and the list of new sanctions.

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmitry Kulebanoted in the same social network “quick performance” Europe after he intervened by videoconference on Monday at the Council of Community Foreign Ministers and asked for “the imposition of sanctions against Iran for helping Russia kill Ukrainians and destroy our energy infrastructure.

“For three days Europe agreed on a number of restrictions that will come into force today,” he commented.

Decision to impose sanctions against Iran for supplies Russia This type of weaponry, which inflicts damage on the population by hitting residential areas and vital infrastructure such as power plants, quickly passed to the EU.

After the Council meeting on Monday, the head of public diplomacy Joseph Borrell, said they must first collect the necessary evidence before imposing sanctions on Iran for providing these drones to Moscow. This, despite Ukraine insisted on Tehran’s involvement, the Iranian government vehemently denied this.

But on Wednesday morning, the European Commission confirmed that it had gathered “sufficient evidence” that Iran provided Russia with drones with which it is bombing Ukraine.

“Now that we have collected enough evidence, the Council is working on a clear, swift and decisive response,” said the spokeswoman for foreign affairs of the Community executive. Nabila Massrali, in the daily press conference of the institution.

Hours after these announcements came the political agreement of the twenty-seven, just two days after the ministerial meeting in which they approved another package of sanctions against Iran for violating human rights.

In particular, on Monday they gave the green light to restrictive measures against 11 Iranian citizens, including the head of the Vice Police, Mohammad Rostami Cheshme Ghacha, and four companies in that country in response to crackdowns on demonstrators protesting the death of Mahs Amini, a young woman, who died while in police custody after being arrested for allegedly wearing the Islamic veil incorrectly.

(As reported by EFE)