On Monday Iran tested missiles, including long-range ones.
The European Union High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana voiced his concern, saying Iran’s latest actions gave “a new context” for the upcoming meeting on the Iranian nuclear program in Geneva.
The Obama administration is working out a package of proposals for stricter economic sanctions against Iran, which might include a reduction of the investments in the country’s oil and gas industry and restrictions on much more Iranian banks than the ones on the current black list.
Following the recent ballistic missiles firing, France asked Iran “to stop immediately” “the destabilizing actions.”
“Russia is worried not less than the other members of the nuclear club by Iran’s nuclear policy,” said Mikhail Margelov, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Federation Council of Russia.
He added that the news about the second uranium enrichment plant in Iran was so unexpected that it overshadowed the G20 summit.
