New European unilateral sanctions over Iran will target Iran's oil, gas, commercial and financial activities, the European Union economic advisor, Mehrdad Emadi, told Trend on Sunday.
European Union heavyweights Britain, France and Germany called on their EU partners on Friday to impose new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, Reuters reported.
"Sanctions are under review," High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton told a news conference in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, after a meeting of 27 EU members' foreign ministers.
"Not only to consider whether more sanctions should be taken but to make sure that the enforcement of sanctions is done properly and any ability to evade them is dealt with," she said.
France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Saturday that the new restrictive measures against Iran would target "financial, commercial and oil aspects."
