Iran imposes retaliatory sanctions against some of EU, UK individuals, entities
ISNA - Iranian Students' News Agency
Tue / 25 April 2023 / 12:47
Tehran (ISNA) - Iran's Foreign Ministry has in a statement announced sanctions against a number of individuals and legal entities in the European Union and in the United Kigndom in what it says is a countermeasure measure against their acts of interference in Iran's affairs.
The statement is as follows:
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran following the approvals of related authorities and in the framework of relevant regulations and sanctions mechanisms stipulates the following Individuals and entities of the EU and the UK regime in its sanction list for supporting terrorism and terrorist groups, instigating and encouragement to terrorist acts and violence against Iranian people, interference in domestic affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, fomenting violence and unrest in Iran, dissemination of false information about Iran and participation in the escalation of cruel sanctions against Iranian people as an economic terrorism.
The Islamic Republic of Iran meanwhile condemns the act of the EU and the UK regime for supporting, facilitating and denying from countering the destructive acts of aforementioned individuals and entities and that is violation of international obligations regarding combatting terrorism, announces that the acts of those on imposing and exacerbating cruel sanctions is obvious violation of fundamental principles of international law set forth in the United Nations charter.
All relevant national organizations and institutions of the Islamic Republic of Iran, consistent with the regulations adopted by the related authorities, will take appropriate measures, which are blocking of accounts and transactions in the Iranian financial and banking systems, blocking of assets within the jurisdiction of the Islamic Republic of Iran as well as prohibition of visa issuance and entry to the territory of the Islamic Republic of Iran, for effective implementation of the above-mentioned sanctions.
The list of individuals and entities sanctioned by the Iranian Foreign Ministry is as follows:
A) European Union
Individuals:
1. Frank Haun, CEO of Kraus-Maffei Wegman Military Industries
2. Flourian Seibel, CEO of Quantum-Systems
3. Christoph Otten, Chairman of the ESG Board of Directors
4. Ilana Cicurel, Member of the European Parliament (MEP)
5. Dominique Attias from France
6. Edward Lintner, former member of the German Parliament
7. Martin Maria Otto Felix Patzelt, former member of the German Parliament
8. Leo Dautzenberg, former member of the German Parliament
9. Christoph De Vries from Germany
10. Antonio Lopez Isturiz Whites, Member of the European Parliament (MEP)
11. Uri Rosenthal from Netherlands
Legal entities:
1. German-Israeli Society, Deutsch-Israelische Gesellschaft
B) UK regime
Individuals:
1. Alan Mendoza, Executive Director of the Henry Jackson Foundation UK
2. Admiral Benjamin John Key, A commander at the British Navy
3. Oliver Westmacott, President of AEGIS
4. Michelle Russel, Head of the Security Industry Authority (SIA)
5. John Tuckett, Chief of Immigration Services
6. Laurence Taylor, Deputy Director of the UK Counter-Terrorism Centre
Legal entities:
1. Royal Marine Air and Drone Center Culdrose (RNAS Culdrose)
2. National Security Support Authority (affiliated with 5MI)
3. Telecommunications Information Licensing Department
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