NBC: E.U. threatens firms that stop doing business with Iran over Trump sanctions
The move aims to signal to Tehran "that Europeans are serious" about trying to salvage the nuclear deal, an aide to the bloc's foreign policy chief said.
LONDON — European firms that stop doing business with Iran because of reimposed U.S. sanctions could in turn be sanctioned by the E.U., a special adviser to the 28-country bloc's top diplomat has warned.
“If E.U. companies abide by U.S. secondary sanctions they will, in turn, be sanctioned by the E.U.," Nathalie Tocci, an aide to E.U. foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, told Britain’s BBC Radio 4 on Monday night.
She characterized the measures as an attempt to "protect European companies.”
Tocci said the move was "necessary in order to signal, diplomatically, to the Iranians that Europeans are serious" about trying to salvage the Iran nuclear deal.
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EU will punish own companies if they comply with US sanctions on Iran, says Mogherini aide -- RT
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