EU to widen Iran sanctions over freedom of navigation breaches, Kallas says

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday that EU ministers had reached agreement to widen sanctions on Iran to include breaches of freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.

Kallas added that she had asked foreign affairs ministers at their meeting in Luxembourg to bolster the EU's naval mission in the Middle ‌East, which is currently protecting ships from attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebel group in the Red Sea.