EU leaders to call for more Iran sanctions

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BRUSSELS: European Union leaders will call for more sanctions against Iran at a summit here on Friday, in an effort to ratchet up pressure on Tehran over its nuclear programme, draft conclusions of an EU summit showed.

They are not likely make an explicit call yet for an embargo on Iranian crude oil, which EU diplomats have began discussing this month as a way to strengthen Europe’s response to mounting Western concerns that the OPEC producer has worked to design a nuclear weapon.

The International Atomic Energy Agency ignited such worries last month when it released new evidence on Iran’s nuclear work, which Tehran says is for peaceful purposes only.

An EU diplomat with knowledge of conclusions prepared for the summit of EU heads of state here yesterday and today, said governments will reiterate plans to develop new sanctions in the coming weeks.

“The European Council invites the (council of EU ministers) to proceed with its work related to extending the scope of EU restrictive measures and broadening existing sanctions by examining additional measures against Iran,” the draft read, according to the diplomat.

EU leaders will call for preparations of sanctions to take place as “a matter of priority” and for them to be adopted by the next meeting of EU foreign ministers in January, the diplomat said. (PTI)

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