United States, United Kingdom, France y Germany announced new sanctions against Iran, particularly in air transport, after accusing the Islamic Republic of having supplied ballistic missiles to Russia for use in Ukraine.
The head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinkenhe previously indicated at a press conference in London what Iran supplied missiles to Russia for use “in the coming weeks” in Ukraine, a former Soviet republic facing an invasion by Moscow troops since February 2022.
Blinken explained, together with the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, that one of the main targets of the new sanctions will be the airline Iran Water.
And in fact the United Kingdom was the first to announce concrete measures. “We have begun to end all direct air links between the United Kingdom and Iran,” said the British Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. Transportes, Louise Haigh.
For its part, France, Germany and the United Kingdom In a joint statement, they condemned “Iran’s export and Russia’s acquisition of Iranian ballistic missiles” and also announced sanctions against the air transport sector.
The three countries considered that these arms sales constitute “a new escalation of Iran’s military support for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine.”
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2024-09-16 09:58:38