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UK slaps fresh sanctions on Iran after Israel attack

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LONDON: The UK on Thursday joined the United States and Canada in announcing a fresh set of sanctions against Iran’s drone and missile industries after its recent attack on Israel.

Tehran launched its first direct military assault on Israeli territory nearly two weeks after an April 1 air strike – widely blamed on Israel – that killed seven members of the Islamic Revolution­ary Guard Corps in Damascus. Iran’s large-scale attack involved more than 300 drones and missiles, most of which were shot down by Israel and its allies including Washington and London, causing little damage.

The United States and Britain announced widespread sanctions on Iran last week, targeting individual­s and companies involved in the Iranian drone industry.

The Foreign Commonweal­th and Developmen­t Office said the latest sanctions would target two individual­s and four companies closely involved in Iran’s network of drone production.

Trade sanctions against Iran would also be expanded by introducin­g new bans on the export of components used in its produce of drones and missiles, it added.

“The Iranian regime’s dangerous attack on Israel risked thousands of civilian casualties and wider escalation in the region,” Foreign Secretary David Cameron said in a statement.

“Alongside our partners, we will continue to tighten the net on Iran’s ability to develop and export these deadly weapons.”

The UK already has over 400 sanctions imposed on Iran, including designatio­ns against the Islamic Revolution­ary Guard Corps in its entirety and many of those responsibl­e for the attack on Israel. — AFP

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