Updated 2/22/23 at 10:00 AM
Tehran hits back again, the day after a wave of sanctions by the European Union. Iran on Tuesday notably added 13 organizations and individuals from the EU and 23 from France, the United Kingdom and Germany to its sanctions list. Tehran has “added the following individuals and entities of the EU and UK regimes to its sanctions list for supporting terrorism (…), interfering in the country’s internal affairs and inciting violence and unrest in Iran,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry said in published a statement on its website.
Iran’s sanctions include financial measures and a ban on issuing visas to enter the country, according to the ministry. The list of sanctions includes several military companies, as well as ministers and parliamentarians from various European countries and MPs, notably French minister for gender equality Isabelle Rome, Belgian MP Frédérique Ries and German MPs Roderich Kiesewetter and Renata Alt.
Cascading sanctions
In France, these measures also target Industry Minister Roland Lescure, environmental candidate for the 2022 presidential election, Yannick Jadot, and defense group Thales. On Monday, two Iranian ministers and 30 others were sanctioned by the European Union for cracking down on demonstrations sparked in Iran by the September 16 death of Mahsa Amini.
Iran announced on January 25 a series of sanctions against 25 individuals and entities from the European Union and nine from the United Kingdom, in response to sanctions imposed by the latter two days earlier.