Iran sowing chaos of their yard, Sunak tells parliament | EUROtoday

The European Union will focus on whether or not to hit Iran with new sanctions after the Islamic Republic launched 300 missiles and drones at Israel over the weekend.

But hardline views throughout the bloc will doubtless be watered down by a wider worldwide effort to forestall an escalation between Israel and Iran.

Josep Borrell, the EU’s prime diplomat, who has been eager to melt sanctions discuss in favour of holding diplomacy open with Tehran, warned Iranian overseas minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian “not to escalate further”.

Charles Michel, the European Council’s president, who attended a gathering of G7 leaders over the weekend, added: “We will continue all our efforts to work towards de-escalation.”

The strikes will characteristic prominently in discussions between EU leaders once they meet for a summit in Brussels later this week.

At their final assembly, they mentioned whether or not to hit Iran with new financial sanctions in response to intelligence warnings that Tehran was getting ready to ship ballistic missiles to Russia.

The bloc’s overseas ministers will maintain talks through video convention on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the EU’s Aviation Safety Agency has advisable a buffer zone of 100 nautical miles round Israel.

For Iran, it warned: “There continues to be an increased potential for miscalculation and/or misidentification” in airspace over the capital Tehran.