France, Germany and the United Kingdom will sanction Iran for providing missiles to Russia for its war on Ukraine, the three countries announced Tuesday.
“This is a further escalation of Iran’s military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and will see Iranian missiles reaching European soil, increasing the suffering of the Ukrainian people,” Paris, Berlin and London said in a joint statement.
“We will be taking immediate steps to cancel bilateral air services agreements with Iran. In addition, we will pursue the designations of significant entities and individuals involved with Iran’s ballistic missile programme and the transfer of ballistic missiles and other weapons to Russia,” the statement added.
France, Germany and the U.K. also said they “will also work towards imposing sanctions on Iran Air,” Iran’s flag carrier.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed during a visit to London on Tuesday that Iran has supplied ballistic missiles to Russia, vowing fresh U.S. sanctions on Tehran.
“This development and the growing cooperation between Russia and Iran threatens European security,” Blinken said.
The U.S. and EU have already slapped numerous sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, human rights abuses and support for the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.
“We call on Iran to immediately cease all support to Russia’s war against Ukraine and halt the development and transfers of its ballistic missiles,” the three European nations said.
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