Iran warns of retaliation for sanctions imposed by Europe

24 Jan. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Naser Kanani, has “strongly” condemned the sanctions of the European Union and the United Kingdom, warning that the country reserves the right to reciprocate “such failed policies.”

“The action of the European Union and the British regime is a sign of their mental inability to adequately understand the realities of Iran, as well as their confusion regarding the authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” he explained, as has picked up the agency ISNA.

After that, the spokesperson for Iranian Diplomacy has assured that his country “reserves the right to respond to such failed policies and will soon announce the list of new sanctions against Human Rights violators and promoters of terrorism in the European Union and the United Kingdom” .

Kanani added that the Western authorities “know very well that the sanctions will not affect the determination of the Iranian nation to confront foreign interference and conspiracies.”

The EU adopted this Monday a new round of sanctions against 18 people and 19 entities responsible for human rights violations in Iran, for the repression of the authorities of the pro-democratic protests after the death of the young Masha Amini.

With this decision, the Foreign Ministers of the Twenty-seven redouble the pressure against Tehran, with a fourth batch of measures in response to the spiral of violence of the regime, which has persecuted protesters and sentenced several to death and executed since the past September, when the death of the young Kurdish woman in police custody unleashed a cascade of protests in the country.

For their part, the British authorities also announced sanctions against Tehran, after the execution of the British-Iranian citizen Alireza Akbari for alleged espionage, a battery of measures that affect the “number two” of the Iranian Prosecutor’s Office, Ahmad Fazelian, among other people. .

Subsequently, the United States joined London and Brussels in designating ten individuals and one Iranian entity, in what has been the “ninth round of sanctions targeting the actors responsible for the repression of peaceful protesters since protests began around the world.” the country in 2022″, as reported by the Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken.