The bloc additionally adopted restrictive measures towards Iran’s state-run delivery firm IRISL, its director Mohammad Reza Khiabani, and three Russian delivery companies accused of ferrying weapons throughout the Caspian Sea.
Brussels had already imposed sanctions on outstanding Iranian officers and entities, together with airways, accused of aiding Russia’s conflict effort.
Tehran, nonetheless, has rejected Western accusations that it has transferred missiles or drones to Moscow to be used towards Kyiv.
Forward of the brand new sanctions’ announcement, Iranian Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi stated on Sunday the EU was utilizing the “non-existent missile pretext” to focus on its delivery strains.
“There isn’t any authorized, logical or ethical foundation for such behaviour. If something, it’s going to solely compel what it ostensibly seeks to forestall,” Araghchi wrote on X.
“Freedom of navigation is a fundamental precept of the regulation of the ocean. When selectively utilized by some, such shortsightedness often tends to boomerang.”
Iran’s economic system is already reeling from biting US sanctions following the unilateral withdrawal of Washington in 2018 from a landmark nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
On Monday, overseas ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei stated Tehran would resolve the best way to reply.
