The EU on Monday imposed sanctions on the spokesman for the naval arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and a regional command over the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
Europe has been left on the sidelines as the US war with Iran has shuttered the key waterway and roiled global markets.
The 27-nation bloc said it was blacklisting Mohammad Akbarzadeh, spokesperson for the Guards’ naval wing, and the organisation’s Hormozgan Provincial Command.
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