The United States has made progress in calling on the European Union to impose sanctions that target Iran’s missile program, State Department’s Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook told reporters on Tuesday.
“We are making progress, yeah. We’re making progress,” he told reporters when asked whether there is any indication that EU is closer to imposing sanctions to block Iran’s missile progress.
“I think there is a growing appreciation among European nations, given Iran’s expanding missile program and the bomb plot in Paris, Denmark, the assassination plot, the smuggling of heroin through Italy – that’s just in recent sort of memory,” Hook added.
Iranian Armed Forces spokesman Abolfazl Shekarchi said Sunday that Iran would continue to conduct missile tests without asking other countries for permission.