Foreign Ministry: Iran will announce reciprocal sanctions in response to EU’s new bans

Tehran has reacted to the European Union’s latest sanctions that target a number of Iranian officials and entities, promising countermeasures in response to the EU’s move.

The announcement came late Monday, hours after Council of the European Union imposed restrictive measures on 32 Iranian individuals and two entities in a fifth round of sanctions over what the bloc called Tehran's crackdown on the recent riots.

"The Islamic Republic will soon announce a list of its reciprocal sanctions in response to the European Union's recent bans," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kan'ani said.

According to the EU press release, Iran's Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili, Minister of Education Yousef Nouri, the deputy commander and spokesperson of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), a number of MPs, members of the police and judiciary in various parts of the country, as well as prison wardens are among the individuals blacklisted by the EU.

The EU's restrictive measures now apply to a total of 196 individuals and 33 entities, consisting of an asset freeze, a travel ban to the EU and a prohibition on making funds or economic resources available to those listed.

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