IANS | 23 Apr, 2024
Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amirabdollahian has condemned
"planned" sanctions against his country over the major drone and missile
attack on Israel earlier this month as "unlawful" and "regrettable."
Iran
had exercised its right to self-defence with the attack,
Amirabdollahian wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday. He called for
sanctions to be imposed against Israel.
At a meeting in Luxembourg
on Monday, the foreign ministers of the 27 EU member states instructed
EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell to submit concrete proposals for
sanctions.
These should make it possible to impose further trade
restrictions on Iran in order to make it more difficult for the country
to build and develop drones and missiles.
There are also plans to
impose sanctions on individuals, organisations and companies involved in
the production of drones and missiles and their delivery to Iran's
allies in the Middle East.
The moves are in response to Iran's
unprecedented direct missile attack on Israel 10 days ago. It followed a
suspected Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy in the Syrian capital
Damascus at the beginning of the month.
In the latter incident, two generals and five other members of the powerful Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) were among those killed.
Israel carried out a retaliatory strike in the province of Isfahan on Friday, reportedly hitting an air base.
