EU approves Iran sanctions going beyond UN

Luxembourg, Apr 23: European Union Foreign Ministers approved a regulation today implementing United Nations sanctions against Iran after it refused to halt uranium enrichments, officials said.

The sanctions are targeted against individuals and organisations involved in Tehran's disputed nuclear and missile programmes, which the West suspects are aimed at making an atomic bomb. The EU list, which was not immediately made public, goes beyond persons identified in UN resolutions.

EU officials said the regulation and a common political position opened the way for further names to be added to the list of persons denied entry to the 27-nation EU and whose assets are frozen.

REUTERS

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