Three European powers proposing tougher sanctions on Iranian regime

NCRI – A confidential "document seen" by the Financial Times and Il Riformista, an Italian newspaper say that the big three, France, Germany and the UK in Europe are proposing a much tougher sanction regime on Iran. 

The document lists 34 entities and 10 individuals linked to mullahs' covert nuclear or biological weapons program.

European diplomats confirmed the existence of the list but differed over the reasoning behind it, the finding said.
 
"Some state-run organizations are named for the first time, including the prestigious Sharif University of Technology, Iran Insurance Company, Iran Air Cargo, which is affiliated to the state-owned airliner, Khatam ol-Anbia, a construction contractor affiliated to the elite Revolutionary Guards, Iran Space Agency and Razi Institute for Serum and Vaccine Production," FT added.

Six banks and their Tehran headquarters are named, including Bank Tejarat, one of Iran's largest commercial banks, for the first time. Previous EU sanctions were directed mostly at foreign affiliates.

Mullahs continue to enrich uranium to a low level in defiance of UN resolutions. UN experts said last week that Iran had produced enough for a nuclear bomb.