Israel welcomes EU commitment to impose sanctions against Iran

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April 16 () –

Israel welcomed this Tuesday that the European Union has committed to imposing sanctions against Iran in retaliation for its recent attack with drones and missiles last Saturday following the Israeli bombing of the Iranian Consulate in the Syrian capital, Damascus, in early April.

“There is a positive trend towards the adoption of sanctions against Iran in relation to the missile project,” said Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz in a message published on the X social network.

In this sense, he indicated that the adoption of this promise “is an unprecedented achievement for Israel and the European Union,” and he also praised the European club's intention to declare the Iranian Revolutionary Guard a “terrorist organization.”

The EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, confirmed this Tuesday after a meeting of foreign ministers that he will ask his services to work to “expand” the existing sanctions against Iran's drone sector.

The 27 have asked to increase the sanctions that currently punish the supply of parts and components to Russia so that they can also be used against the shipment of Iranian missiles and drones to related forces in the region, in the case of the Shiite militia party Hezbollah in Lebanon or the rebels. Houthis in Yemen. Along with these countries, Borrell has also mentioned Iraq and Syria.