Iran’s foreign minister says the European Union’s measures against Tehran after Iran’s retaliatory operation against Israel were “regrettable”, arguing that the Islamic republic’s reaction was self-defense.
Hossein Amirabdollahian took to his account on social media platform Israel’s reckless aggression.
The Iranian Foreign Minister advised the EU not to follow in the US’s footsteps and take measures to appease the Israeli regime.
The 27-member European bloc on Monday introduced new sanctions against Iran after it launched more than 300 drones and missiles into Israeli-occupied territories in retaliation for an Israeli attack on its embassy compound in Damascus on April 1. Seven Iranian military advisers were killed in the Israeli attack.
The sanctions expand restrictions on Iran’s arms exports, such as drones and missiles.