EU and UK sanctions prompt Iranian diplomatic protest
The new sanctions imposed by the EU and the UK on Iran have prompted an immediate reaction from the authorities in Tehran. The Hungarian ambassador was summoned to the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Hungarian ambassador was called upon by the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs due to Hungary's current rotational presidency of the Council of the European Union. A protest concerning the sanctions imposed by the EU was lodged with him.
"While the president of Ukraine has admitted that no Iranian ballistic missiles have been exported to Russia, the measures of the European Union and the United Kingdom in applying sanctions against Iran cannot be justified," stated Iranian diplomatic spokesperson Esmail Baghai in a press release.
EU foreign ministers decided on Monday in Brussels to expand sanctions on Iran for supporting the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, including the transfer of drones and missiles to Russia, mainly by sea.
Strike on Iranian ships and ports
The EU has banned EU entities from exporting, transferring, supplying, or selling components to Iran used for the development and production of drones and ballistic missiles. It also introduced a ban on transactions with ports and docks owned, operated, or controlled by companies listed on the sanctions list or used for the transfer of Iranian drones or missiles to Russia. This refers to ports and docks such as Amirabad and Anzali, located on the Caspian Sea.
London, for its part, announced that it has imposed sanctions on Iran Air and the Iranian public shipping enterprise, IRISL.
