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Potential EU sanctions against Iran ‘reward to aggressor’
“Should they take [such] measure, it would go down in Europe’s history as a shameful action,” Kanaani said.
The official expressed surprise that Brussels could go ahead with sanctioning Tehran over its legitimate retaliation against Israel, but had so far stopped short of levying any punitive measures against Tel Aviv over the latter’s unspeakable atrocities in the Gaza Strip.
Kanaani, meanwhile, reminded the EU that its previous sanctions against the Islamic Republic had failed to hinder the country’s progress. “The policy of sanctions is a failed policy,” Kanaani said, advising the bloc to “learn from the past.”
European Union leaders decided on Wednesday to step up sanctions against Iran after Tehran’s attack on Israel on April 13.
Iran launched extensive missile and drone strikes on Israel in response to the regime’s April 1 attack against the Iranian consulate in Syria’s capital, Damascus.
The Israel’s airstrike killed two senior Iranian military personnel who were on an advisory mission to Syria as well as five of their accompanying officers.
“Iran provided a decisive and legitimate response to an illegal action by the [Israeli] regime against [our] diplomatic premises that took place in violation of the international laws,” Kanaani said.
“But if another mistake takes place, Iran’s response will be stronger,” he added.
The spokesman described the Israeli regime as a “threat to all regional countries,” adding that the regime’s war on the Gaza Strip showed that “the usurping regime is no partner to peaceful plans, and thinks of nothing other than genocide and forced displacement of Palestinians.”