Tehran: Iran has blacklisted EU and UK citizens and institutions for supporting ongoing protests in the country. The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced the imposition of sanctions on nine institutions and 23 individuals, including British and European media organizations, military bases and current and former politicians. The Iranian government also announced legal action against foreign journalists by blacklisting EU radio. Iran blacklisted two German companies, Water Engineering Trading GmbH and Gidlemeister Projekta GmbH, for their involvement in the production of chemical weapons used by Saddam Hussein during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. Had participated. Most of the sanctions imposed by Iran on European Union figures are German politicians who have criticized and tried to intervene in Tehran’s domestic policy. The Iranian foreign minister said that Tony Blair had blacklisted the Institute for Global Change and several current members of parliament had been banned, in addition to Geoffrey Bendman, head of the British Institute of Human Rights.
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