The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, explained, on Thursday 14 September, in a speech at the presentation of the ‘M100 Media Award 2023’ to the Iranian movement Woman, Life, Freedom, that the EU would continue to sanction the Iranian regime a s long as human rights violations continued (see other article).
“We must hold those who violate the most basic fundamental rights to account. (...) We will not reduce the pressure until the Iranian regime ends its...