EU ministers adopt Iran sanctions over citizen detentions
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 14, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 14, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
EU ministers sanction Iran for detaining EU citizens, targeting individuals and organizations like Tehran's Evin prison.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers on Monday adopted sanctions against seven Iranian individuals and two organisations over the detention of EU citizens, which the bloc calls a policy of state-sponsored hostage-taking, diplomats said.
A list of those sanctioned, seen by Reuters, included the director of Tehran's Evin prison and several judges and other judicial officials. The main prison in the city of Shiraz was among the organisations sanctioned.
(Reporting by John Irish and Andrew Gray; Editing by Sudip Kar-Gupta)
The EU has imposed sanctions on Iran due to the detention of EU citizens, targeting specific individuals and organizations.
The sanctions list includes the director of Tehran's Evin prison and several judges and judicial officials.
The EU views the detention of its citizens by Iran as state-sponsored hostage-taking.
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