Iran: U.S. Treasury targets facilitators for procuring sensitive navigational systems
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned two entities and two individuals…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte: “To Prevent War, NATO Must Spend More”
In his first major speech as NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte highlighted the critical need to ramp up defence spending…
MEPs criticize human rights breaches in Hong Kong, Iran, and Cambodia
On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions on human rights issues in Hong Kong, Iran and Cambodia.
Iran: Statement by EU High Representative Borrell on the execution of Jamshid Sharmahd
The European Union condemns in the strongest terms the execution in Iran of German-Iranian national Jamshid Sharmahd. The European Union…
Middle East: U.S. President Biden updates Congressional Leaders on U.S. response
"United States forces will remain postured in the region to serve important national interests, including the protection of United States…
Iran’s missile and drone transfers: Seven individuals and seven entities sanctioned
Today’s designation includes individuals and entities responsible for the development and transfer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), missiles and related technology to…
G7 Leaders’ Statement on recent developments in the Middle East
"A dangerous cycle of attacks and retaliation risks fuelling uncontrollable escalation in the Middle East, which is in no one’s…
EU condemns in the strongest terms Iran’s attack against Israel (updated)
The EU condemns in the strongest terms Iran’s attack against Israel which constitutes a serious threat to regional security. The…
U.S. Treasury sanctions Iranian officials connected to human rights violations
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is designating 12 individuals in connection with the…
EU High Representative Borrell honours Iranian “Women, Life, Freedom” movement
"On the anniversary of the death of Jina Mahsa Amini, we honour her memory and the 'Women, Life, Freedom' movement…
EU condemns Iran’s transfer of ballistic missiles to Russia as “direct threat”
The European Union strongly condemns the recent transfer of Iranian-made ballistic missiles to Russia. This transfer is a direct threat…
IAEA Director General briefs board on IAEA diplomacy in Ukraine, Iran, and Syria
IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has briefed the Board of Governors on his recent trips to Ukraine and the…
Iran’s military support for Russia: EU Council prolongs EU restrictive measures
Brussels, 15 July 2024 The Council today extended until 27 July 2025 the restrictive measures in view...
EU announces €150m in humanitarian aid for Afghanistan crisis
In view of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, the EU has activated its emergency aid reserve to avoid a…
Iranian drones and missiles for Russia and terrorists: EU sanctions more individuals and entities
The Council also decided to add the Minister of Defence of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the head of EU-listed Iranian…
Reactions following the helicopter crash of Iranian President Raisi
The European Union offers its condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdollahian and…
Iran’s arms for Russia and Red Sea rebels: EU Council broadens restrictive measures
This framework, adopted in July 2023, currently prohibits the export of components used in the construction and production of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles…
Gaza: Speech by EU HR Borrell in the EU Parliament on the civilian deaths
"The cities in Gaza have been more destroyed than the German cities during the Second World War – just imagine…
EU-GCC Forum on Regional Security and Cooperation: Speech by EU HR Borrell
"We have the opportunity to ... discuss openly cooperation and topics of shared interest in relation to our security including…
EU Foreign Affairs Council: Press remarks by High Representative Borrell
"Ukrainians have reported 7,000 guided bombs in four months 2024, which is about 60 guided bombs a day. There is the…
Main results of the Foreign Affairs Council, 22 April 2024
The Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg discussed the Russian aggression against Ukraine in a joint session gathering both EU Ministers…
European Defence and Security Summit: Keynote speech by President von der Leyen
"Only time and history will tell us whether this marks a definitive turning point. But what we can already see…
Main results of the video conference of EU foreign affairs ministers on 16 April 2024
EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs held an informal video teleconference to discuss the latest developments in the Middle East in light…
Iran’s attack on Israel – Reactions
The UN, EU, USA, Germany and many other nations condemn in the strongest terms the Iranian drone and missile attacks…
ECFR Analysis of Iranian attacks on Israel
Julien Barnes-Dacey, Director, Middle East and North Africa programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) comments on Iran’s…
G7 Leaders’ statement on Iran’s missile delivery to Russia
"We reiterate our call on third parties to immediately cease providing material support to Russia’s illegal and unjustifiable war of…
U.S. OFAC sanctions network smuggling U.S. tech to Central Bank of Iran
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a procurement network responsible for facilitating the…
UN Security Council:We condemn the multiple attacks by Iran-aligned militant groups in Syria and Iraq, UK statement
We condemn the multiple attacks since October 2023, by Iran-aligned militant groups against the Global Coalition and Iraqi military bases…
France: Minister stands with families of detained French citizens in Iran
Stéphane Séjourné, Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, had a meeting on 31 January with the families of our four…
Iran: Statement by the EU HR on the bombing in the city of Kerman
The EU condemns in the strongest terms the bombing in the city of Kerman in Iran. This shocking act of…
Iran: EEAS Spokesperson on the bombing in the city of Kerman
The EU condemns in the strongest terms today's bombing in the city of Kerman in Iran. The EU expresses its…
U.S. Treasury: Countering Houthi maritime attacks on international shipping
The United States is designating one individual and three entities for facilitating Iranian financial assistance to the Houthis that enables…
Main results of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, 11 December 2023
The EU Foreign Affairs Council discussed, among other issues, the Russian aggression against Ukraine, after an intervention by Ukraine's Minister…
EU Council sanctions 6 persons, 5 entities for Iran’s military support in Ukraine war
These are the first listings under the newly established framework for restrictive measures in view of Iran's military support of Russia's war…
Iran: EEAS Spokesperson on the latest executions
The current pace of executions in Iran, at least 600 since January, is appalling. The European Union reiterates its firm…
Russia: Mikhail Mishustin meets with Iran’s First VP Mohammad Mokhber
"We met last October at the second Caspian Economic Forum in Moscow. I would like to take this opportunity to…
20th Aachener Krönungsmahl 2023: Speech by President von der Leyen
"President Zelenskyy is right to compare Russia with Hamas. Both target innocent people. They kill civilians or force them from…
Jina Mahsa Amini and Iranian women protest movement win the 2023 Sakharov Prize
MEPs have awarded the 2023 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Jina Mahsa Amini and the Woman, Life, Freedom…
Switzerland retains measures linked to Iran’s nuclear programme
On 18 October, certain UN sanctions relating to nuclear proliferation in Iran will automatically expire. In view of Iran's failure…
Iran: EU Council maintains restrictive measures post-JCPoA Transition Day
The Council evaluated that there are valid reasons to refrain from lifting these restrictions on Transition Day (18 October 2023), as originally…
Switzerland welcomes US-Iran prisoner swap
The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) welcomes the humanitarian gesture of the US and Iran that has led to…
Iran: EU Council lists four more individuals and six entities over serious human rights violations
Today, the Council imposed a tenth package of restrictive measures on four individuals and six entities responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran.…
UK to bring UN sanctions on Iran into UK law
The UK, France and Germany (E3) announce they will transfer UN sanctions on Iran into domestic regimes and maintain EU/UK…
UN Security Council on terrorist attack in Shiraz, Iran
The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the heinous and cowardly terrorist attack on innocent people…
Iran: French Government on Shiraz attack (13 August 2023)
Paris, 14 August 2023 France condemns yesterday’s terrorist attack on a religious shrine in Shiraz,...
Iran: EU adopts new restrictive measures for military support to Syria and Russia’s war
This new regime prohibits the export from the European Union to Iran of components used in the construction and production…
EU Court of Justice: Judgment in Case T-8/21 | IFIC Holding v Commission
IFIC Holding AG is a German company whose shares are held indirectly by the Iranian State and which itself has…
Iran sanctions: EU Council targets seven individuals over human rights violations
Restrictive measures now apply to a total of 223 individuals and 37 entities. They consist of an asset freeze, a travel ban to the…
Iran: Five individuals and two entities targeted by EU’s eighth package of sanctions
Brussels, 22 May 2023 The Council decided today to impose restrictive measures on an additional 5...
Foreign Affairs Council: EU HR Josep Borrell commenting on the main results
Brussels, 22.05.2023 Check against delivery! Thank you to all of you for attending this press...