Some EU member states have asked for sanctions against Iran to be expanded in response to Tehran's attack on Israel.
Josep Borrell Fontelles, Charles Michel, President of the European Council, and Ebrahim Raïssi, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (from left to right) in September 2022 in New York © EC - Audiovisual Service
Some EU member states have asked for sanctions against Iran to be expanded in response to Tehran's attack on Israel and the bloc's diplomatic service will begin working on the proposal, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Tuesday.
Borrell was speaking after an emergency video conference of EU foreign ministers called to discuss the repercussions of the attack.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday he believes pipelines should be built to transport Middle East oil and gas across the Arabian Peninsula and up to Israeli ports to avoid threats by Iran in the Hormuz Strait and other Gulf waters.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council has issued a landmark condemnation of Iran's threats and attacks against vessels and its closure of the Strait of Hormuz, declaring them contrary to IMO principles and a "grave danger to life », particularly to seafarers.
The first falsehood to clear away is this: what Israel and the United States are doing is not a war on Iran. It is a confrontation with the Islamic Republic, the dictatorship that has ruled Iran since 1979, oppressed its own citizens, and turned a civilization of enormous depth and distinction into the instrument of a theocratic project.
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