Overview

• The sanctions, expected to be approved on Monday, target 14 individuals and organizations, including airlines, involved in the missile transfers.
• The EU's decision follows U.S. intelligence reports and sanctions that claimed Iran supplied ballistic missiles to Russia for use in Ukraine.
• Iranian officials admitted to supplying short-range rockets to Russia but denied transferring ballistic missiles since the current government took office.
• Discussions are ongoing within the EU about potentially designating Iran's Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organization, a move supported by a German court ruling.
• The EU's sanction package is part of a broader strategy to respond decisively to the alleged missile transfers, requiring unanimous agreement from all 27 member countries.