Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov condemned the decision of the European Union to impose sanctions against Iran for human rights violations.
“with amazement learned the news that the European Union introduced sanctions against a variety of officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran for supposedly had a violation of human rights,” Lavrov said at a joint press conference with the head of Iran Javad Zarrif, Interfax quotes him ..
“I have not seen the text of this decision, but the fact itself causes a huge number of questions. If there is no coordination in the European Union, and the right hand does not know what the left does, it’s just trouble. But if this decision is consciously accepted in The midst of negotiations that continue in Vienna to save a comprehensive plan of action, then this is no longer trouble, it is already a mistake that, as you know, worse than a crime, “he added.
For its part, the Zarif called new European sanctions “sabotage act” and stated that Iran “will definitely respond to these activities of the European Union.”