Iran’s foreign ministry says it is suspending cooperation with the European Union in various fields following the Unions decision to blacklist several Iranian security officials over a 2019 protest crackdown.
Condemning the action, Foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said Iran rejects such actions from those falsely claiming to champion human rights, adding Tehran will consider reciprocal sanctions.
Khatibzadeh accused the bloc of having stayed silent in the face of Washington’s sanctions and only expressing regret, but all the while cooperating with the US.
He said the country was suspending all human rights talks and cooperation resulting from these talks with the EU, especially in the areas of terrorism, drugs and refugees.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani had on several occasions threatened to cease all cooperation with Europe on drug trafficking and refugee flows if the bloc did not help the Islamic republic circumvent US sanctions.
The EU added eight Iranian security officials, including the commander of the Islamic republic’s Revolutionary Guards, and three prisons to its sanctions blacklist, effective immediately.
Negotiations in Vienna are currently focused on trying to persuade Washington to drop sanctions and Tehran to roll back breaches of the agreement made in retaliation.
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