Iran described as “unfortunate” on Tuesday the European Union’s decision to extend the bloc’s sanctions against its weapons programs in response to its unprecedented retaliatory attack on Israel.
“It is unfortunate to see the EU decide to quickly implement more illegal restrictions against Iran just because Iran exercised its right to self-defense in the face of Israel’s reckless aggression,” Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said in an X post.
“The EU should not follow Washington’s advice to satisfy the criminal Israeli regime.”
On Monday, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the bloc had agreed in principle to expand its existing sanctions against Iran’s drone program to cover the missiles and their potential transfer to Iran’s Middle East allies or Russia .
Borrell’s remarks came nearly 10 days after Iran launched its first direct drone and missile attack on Israeli territory.
Israel’s military said most of the more than 300 rockets and drones fired by Iran – were intercepted with help from the United States and other allies – and that the attack caused only minimal damage.
