The European Union will "start the necessary work" to hit Iran with heavier sanctions after Saturday's aerial attack on Israel, the bloc's top diplomat has said. #EuropeNews

The European Union will “start the necessary work” to hit Iran with heavier sanctions after Saturday’s aerial attack on Israel, the bloc’s top diplomat has said.

Speaking following an exceptional virtual meeting of EU foreign ministers on Tuesday, Josep Borrell said he would ask his services to study the possibility of expanding existing EU sanctions against Iranian drone technology.

It would see the current sanctions regime - established in July 2023 to punish Iran for aiding Putin’s war machine with unmanned drones - expanded to include missiles and to also cover Iran’s proxies in the region.

The bloc would also weigh the possibility of listing the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation, he said, while stressing that such a move would be difficult since the military branch has not yet been associated with an act of terrorism in any of the EU’s member states.

  • @febraEnglish
    40•7 months ago

    The cognitive dissonance is deafening. Israel attacks Iran, Iran retaliates, Iran is to be sanctioned now??

    • @apfelwoiSchoppenEnglish
      9•7 months ago

      Israel and the US act outside the bounds of international law all the time but scream when others with less overt power do the very same. Classic projection.

      • @febraEnglish
        11•7 months ago

        Sure fam. It always starts exactly when Israel says it starts and that isn’t to be questioned, right?

          • @then_three_moreEnglish
            6•7 months ago

            Israel’s attack on Iran’s embassy wasn’t in response to anything specific. So in this case yes they did start it.

              • @then_three_moreEnglish
                5•7 months ago

                That’s beside the point. Israel’s attack on the embassy wasn’t in response to a specific action. If it were they’d have shouted about it.

                And your argument would justify the UK having attacked the USA during the Troubles.

                  • @then_three_moreEnglish
                    5•7 months ago

                    No it is beside the point because attacking an embassy is a massive escalation. In retaliation for no specific event. It was obvious that Iran would have to respond.