European Union governments will agree to impose new sanctions on Iranian generals and entities over the use of Iranian-made drones in Russian strikes on Ukraine, four diplomats and a French official said on Wednesday.
in recent weeks. Iran denies supplying drones to Russia, while the Kremlin has not commented.
Two diplomats said Shahed Aviation Industries, which produces the drones, would be listed, along with two senior generals and Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Brigadier General Saeed Aghajani, who oversees Iran's drones programme, and was sanctioned earlier last week by the United States. A European Commission spokesperson said there was widely shared political agreement from foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg on Monday that the EU should react swiftly.
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