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Tuesday 11 April 2017 - 21:43
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EU extends sanctions on Iran over human rights claims



Press TV - The European Union has extended by another year sanctions against Iran over alleged claims of human rights violations despite thefledgling rapprochement between Tehran and the bloc since the 2015 landmark nuclear agreement.

In a statement on Tuesday, the EU said it had prolonged until April 13, 2018 its travel ban and asset freeze on 82 Iranian people and one entity as well as a ban on the blocs exports of certain equipment to Iran.

It added that the blacklisted names would be published on Wednesday in the EU's Official Journal.

The EU imposed the restrictions on Iran for the first time in 2011.

The sanctions are unrelated to those over Iran's nuclear program, which were lifted following the implementation of the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

After the JCPOA went into effect on January 16, 2016, many senior EU officials, often accompanied by large European business delegations, have been shuttling in and out of Iran.

Iran and several EU states signed many agreements to improve cooperation, particularly in political and economic sectors.

Last August, Irans Judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani dismissed the human rights allegations against the country and proposed that the Islamic Republic and Europe initiate a dialog on human rights.

He said human rights have long been a point of friction between Iran and the West, adding Europe and the US are making an instrumental use of the issue.

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