Iran condemns EU, UK sanctions

Tehran denies providing ballistic missiles to Moscow

DUBAI:

Iran condemned new EU and British sanctions on Tehran and denied providing ballistic missiles to Russia, a spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry said in a post on X on Tuesday.

The European Union agreed on Monday to impose sanctions on seven people and seven organisations, including airline Iran Air, for their links to Iranian transfers of ballistic missiles to Russia. At the same time, Britain added nine new designations under its Iran sanctions regime.

Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei denied his country provided ballistic missiles to Russia.

"Some European countries and the UK have unfortunately claimed without evidence that Iran has militarily intervened in this conflict which is totally refuted," Baghaei said, referring to the Russia-Ukraine war.

The sanctions would halt all flights by Iranian airlines to Europe, the Secretary of the Association of Iranian Airlines, Maqsoud Asadi Samani, told Iran's ILNA news agency.

The sanctions listings also include Saha Airlines and Mahan Air and Iran's Deputy Defence Minister Seyed Hamzeh Ghalandari. Also facing sanctions under the EU move are prominent officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard and the managing directors of Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries and Aerospace Industries Organization. The sanctions include an asset freeze and a travel ban to the European Union