Spokesman Raps EU Council’s Illegal Sanctions on Iranians

The spokesperson for Foreign Ministry of Iran condemned the European Council’s “illegal and destructive” decision to impose fresh sanctions on a number of Iranian individuals.

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17 July 2025

In a statement released on Wednesday night, Esmaeil Baqaei dismissed the allegations raised against Iran at a meeting of the Council of the European Union.

He also condemned the new sanctions imposed by the EU Council on a number of Iranians as an unlawful, destructive and unjustifiable measure.

The spokesman denounced the “ridiculous and baseless” allegations of Iran’s support for terrorist activities in Europe.

He slammed certain EU governments’ insistence on leveling false accusations against Iran as a brazen attempt to shift the blame with the purpose of distracting public attention from their own systematic supports for terrorism and for the Israeli regime’s crimes in Gaza and the West Asia region.

“The European Union and a number of its member states are criticizing and sanctioning Iran on bogus claims while they have remained silent on the Zionist regime’s military aggression against Iran and the massacre of Iranian citizens and have even tried to justify and support it,” the spokesman said.

Baqaei denounced the EU Council’s move to impose sanctions on Iranian nationals on bogus charges without credible evidence as an arbitrary move in violation of the fundamental principles of human rights.

He stated that the governments that have initiated and sponsored the new sanctions will bear international responsibility for their action./tasnim