Brussels, 25/03/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 25 March, the General Court of the EU rejected the appeal by the Central Bank of Iran against the freezing of its assets (case T-563/12) decided upon by the Council of the EU with effect from October 2012 on the grounds that the bank was “involved in activities aiming to get round the sanctions” against the Iranian government and provides Tehran with “financial support”.
As in an earlier judgement (T-262/12 of 18 September 2014),...