Three people’s assets are frozen. Iran has so far officially denied supplying drones to Russia.
The European Union imposes sanctions on the Iran because of the alleged delivery of so-called kamikaze drones to Russia. Member states agreed on Thursday to freeze the assets of three people and one entity believed to be responsible for the deliveries, according to the Czech Council Presidency. Officially denied Iran so far to supply drones to Russia.
The persons concerned are subject to entry bans and any assets they hold in the EU are frozen. For the sanctions to come into force, they still have to be published in the Official Journal of the EU. This should happen on Thursday.
According to the EU Council Presidency, three people and one organization will be subject to new sanctions. In addition, sanctions will be reinforced against two other companies and people who are already on an EU sanctions list for other reasons.
Russia has repeatedly attacked Ukraine in the past few days with the Shahed 136 single-use combat drones Iran attacked. According to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, there have been more than 100 attacks with so-called kamikaze drones since last week. The leadership in Tehran denies having supplied Russia with the disposable drones.
(APA/Reuters/dpa)