Brussels [Belgium], November 19: EU foreign ministers have agreed to impose new sanctions on Iran for supplying ballistic missiles to Russia for use in the Ukraine war.
EU companies may no longer do business with the sanctioned ports while vessels from the targeted shipping companies may no longer dock at EU harbours. Any assets held in the bloc are to be frozen.
The new European Union sanctions target two Iranian ports on the Caspian Sea, Amirabad and Anzali, as well as an Iranian shipping company and three Russian shipping companies.
The Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL), the Iranian national maritime carrier, has shipped drones on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) for years, according to a statement from EU foreign ministers. The three Russian companies sanctioned are MG Flot, VTS Broker, and Arapax, for moving Iranian-made ammunition, weapons, and drones across the Caspian Sea to supply Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine. (DPA)
Source: Qatar Tribune