US threatens to sanction Iran for delivery of drones with which Russia attacked Ukraine

The government of USA threatened this Wednesday to apply sanctions to Iran for providing to Russia the “kamikaze” drones it uses against the population and critical civilian infrastructure in Ukrainethus following in the footsteps of European Union.

In a statement, the US government indicated that there “abundant evidence” about what Iran is transferring drones to Russia that are being used in Ukraine and assured that “will not hesitate” in using sanctions and “other appropriate tools” to punish all parties involved.

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The pronouncement of USA It occurs hours after the European Union (EU) reached a political agreement to sanction Iran for this same reason, according to community sources.

For its part, Russia and Iran They separately denied this Wednesday at the United Nations that Iranian drones have been used in the Ukraine war, calling these accusations baseless lies.

At the end of a closed-door session in the Security Council, the representatives of Russia and Iran asked for the floor to make statements to the press; The Russian went so far as to say that Secretary General Antonio Guterres has extrapolated his functions and that his country “will re-evaluate his cooperation” with him if he continues along the same lines.

The United States, the United Kingdom and France had been responsible for bringing this issue to the Security Council.

In its statement, the US government accused Iran of lying and said it was committed, along with its allies, to prevent this type of transaction from taking place with Russia.

In the European case, the political agreement reached by the ambassadors of the Twenty-seven countries before the EU expands the list of Iranian individuals and entities to which it applies restrictive measures, a decision that will be formalized this Thursday by written procedure – without the need for community ministers to meet to give the green light to the measure.

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On Thursday, the decision and the new list of those sanctioned will also be published in the Official Gazette of the EU for the restrictive measures to come into effect, the sources said.

The targeted sanctions EU They consist of the prohibition to enter Community territory and the freezing of assets that the persons or entities in question may have in the European Union.

The decision to sanction Iran for supplying Russia with this type of weaponry, which is wreaking havoc on the population by affecting housing blocks and essential infrastructure such as power plants, has been taken quickly by the EU.

Source: Elcomercio

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