Iran calls EU sanctions for Israel attack ‘regrettable’
Iran described as “regrettable” Tuesday a decision by the European Union to expand the bloc’s sanctions against Iran in response to the Islamic Republic’s recent unprecedented strikes on Israel.
“It is regrettable to see the EU deciding quickly to apply more unlawful restrictions against Iran just because Iran exercised its right to self-defense in the face of Israel’s reckless aggression,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in a post on X.
“The EU should not follow Washington’s advice to satisfy the criminal Israeli regime.”
On Monday, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the bloc had agreed in principle to expand its existing sanctions against Iran’s drone program to cover missiles and their potential transfer to resistance movements in region or to Russia.
Borrell’s remarks came nearly 10 days after Iran launched its first-ever direct drone and missile attack against Israel.
The barrage was in response to a deadly April 1 air strike, widely blamed on Israel, that levelled Iran’s consulate in Damascus and killed seven members of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, two of them generals.