The EU Council sanctioned, on Thursday 20 October, three Iranian individuals and one entity in connection with the use of Iranian drones in Russian attacks in Ukraine.
They are Major General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, who oversees the military’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) programme, General Sayed Hojatollah Qureishi, responsible for negotiating the agreement with Russia on the supply of Iranian-made UAVs for use in the war of aggression...