Brussels: EU countries have agreed to sanctions Iran Diplomats said that following brutal crackdown on protests over Mahsa Amini’s death and foreign ministers to adopt them next Monday.
earlier on Wednesday The European Commission chief Ursula von der “Now is the time to punish those “responsible for the oppression of women” in Iran,” Leyen said.
“This shocking violence cannot remain unanswered,” she said.
Four EU diplomats told AFP that a political consensus had been reached on the sanctions on Wednesday and a meeting of foreign ministers in Luxembourg next Monday to make them official.
There were no details on the impending sanctions, but the United States, Britain and Canada have already separately targeted the security branches of the Iranian regime.
The United States and Britain have imposed sanctions on Iran’s so-called ethics police, which last month arrested 22-year-old Amini.
He was taken from the police station in an unconscious state to the hospital where he died.
His family, protesters in Iran, Western officials and rights groups have called his death a “murder”.
Iran denies this and says he died of natural causes related to childhood surgery.
Canada said last week that it would permanently deny entry to more than 10,000 members of the Iranian regime, including those belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is leading the repression.
EU lawmakers have called for the bloc to blacklist Iranian officials, including those linked to the ethics police, to ban travel in Europe and the accumulation of any assets in the EU.
In April 2011 the European Union had already imposed sanctions on Iran for human rights violations, in March 2012 to prevent the sale of any equipment used by the regime to suppress or electronically spy on Iran’s population. More measures were added for
The latest European sanctions will descend at a delicate moment, given that the EU plays a coordinating role in talks aimed at reviving a 2015 deal that curbed Iran’s nuclear activities.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said those talks are at an impasse.
earlier on Wednesday The European Commission chief Ursula von der “Now is the time to punish those “responsible for the oppression of women” in Iran,” Leyen said.
“This shocking violence cannot remain unanswered,” she said.
Four EU diplomats told AFP that a political consensus had been reached on the sanctions on Wednesday and a meeting of foreign ministers in Luxembourg next Monday to make them official.
There were no details on the impending sanctions, but the United States, Britain and Canada have already separately targeted the security branches of the Iranian regime.
The United States and Britain have imposed sanctions on Iran’s so-called ethics police, which last month arrested 22-year-old Amini.
He was taken from the police station in an unconscious state to the hospital where he died.
His family, protesters in Iran, Western officials and rights groups have called his death a “murder”.
Iran denies this and says he died of natural causes related to childhood surgery.
Canada said last week that it would permanently deny entry to more than 10,000 members of the Iranian regime, including those belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is leading the repression.
EU lawmakers have called for the bloc to blacklist Iranian officials, including those linked to the ethics police, to ban travel in Europe and the accumulation of any assets in the EU.
In April 2011 the European Union had already imposed sanctions on Iran for human rights violations, in March 2012 to prevent the sale of any equipment used by the regime to suppress or electronically spy on Iran’s population. More measures were added for
The latest European sanctions will descend at a delicate moment, given that the EU plays a coordinating role in talks aimed at reviving a 2015 deal that curbed Iran’s nuclear activities.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said those talks are at an impasse.