EU countries cannot agree on sanctions against Iran - WSJ
EU countries cannot agree on sanctions against Iran (photo: GettyImages)
Eight EU countries have called for sanctions against Iran for supplying weapons and financing its troops in the Middle East, reports The Wall Street Journal.
The countries in question are France, Germany, the Netherlands, and five others that last month appealed to the EU's chief diplomat, Josep Borrell.
However, government officials opposed sanctions. In a letter in response to the eight EU countries last week, he stated that their proposal would merge two theaters of military operations, which has unforeseen consequences.
"It remains crucial to carefully assess the potential impact of further measures to avoid that the EU’s engagement could be construed as escalation or to jeopardize other important objectives of EU policy such as containing Iran’s nuclear program which is more urgent than ever,," Borrell's letter said.
Sanctions against Iran
Earlier, we reported that according to Reuters, G7 countries are ready to impose sanctions against Iran's airline if it supplies missiles to Russia.
By the way, the EU is preparing to impose sanctions on Iran for supplying missiles to Russia.
We also reported that Lithuania has called for sanctions against Iran for supplying missiles to Russia.
