Europe renews its sanctions on Iran’s missiles..and tells it

After the European Union stressed the need to preserve Channels of dialogue with Iran Following the positive developments recorded during the past two days of the nuclear talks between the representative of the European Union, Enrique Mora, and the chief Iranian nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani, in Doha, a new chapter has emerged on the file.

Four sources announced that European diplomats had informed Iran of the European Union’s intention to maintain the ballistic missile sanctions that are due to expire.
in October under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

3 reasons

Observers considered that this step might provoke Tehran and push it to respond.

While the sources attributed the maintenance of the sanctions to 3 reasons, which are Russia’s use of Iranian drones in the Ukraine war, the possibility of Iran transferring ballistic missiles to Russia, and depriving Iran of the benefits of the nuclear agreement that was granted to it in view of its violation of the agreement, although this happened after the United States withdrew from it. .

This came while US and European officials have been searching for months for ways to rein in Tehran’s nuclear program since the collapse or cessation of indirect US-Iranian talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear agreement between the two countries, which took place in Vienna over many months last year, with the participation of Britain. China, France, Germany and Russia.

Negotiations faltered

Then it stopped last August (2022), after the marathon talks that were launched to revive the agreement to limit Iranian nuclear activities, in return for lifting international sanctions, faltered.

This stumbling came after Tehran rejected a proposal or a semi-final draft submitted by the European mediator, amid increasing tensions between Iran and America.