The European Union determined this Monday, December 12, that new sanctions will be imposed on Iran for the supply of drones to Russia, on the one hand, and for the severe measures with which the Iranian government is punishing the participants in the demonstrations against the regime. . ., according to Reuters.
The same news agency adds that 20 Iranian citizens and one entity were added to the list of sanctions for human rights abuses, while others four citizens and four entities are already on the sanctions list for sending drones to Russia???????? The sanctions include the freezing of assets and the ban on travel to the European Union.
Iran executed the second prisoner detained in a wave of anti-regime protests on Monday. Majidreza Rahnavard was accused of stabbing two Iranian officials to death and wounding four others in Mashad, in the northeast of the country.
Iran executes second person for participating in protests
Ukraine denounces attacks with Iranian drones since September and Western countries believe that Iran will soon start supplying ballistic missiles to Russia as well. However, Iran has pledged to send only a small number of drones ahead of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia, for its part, denies the use of Iranian drones.
A statement issued by EU ministers, quoted by Reuters, says: “These Iranian-supplied weapons are being used indiscriminately by Russia against the Ukrainian civilian population. and its infrastructure is causing horrendous destruction and human suffering.”
Source: Observadora
