EU court lifts sanctions against Iran’s Sharif University

The European General Court has scrapped sanctions against a leading Iranian university after the 28-nation bloc failed to provide sufficient evidence over its alleged role in Tehran’s nuclear energy program, Press TV reports.

According to the ruling on Thursday by the Luxembourg-based General Court, the bans placed by the European Union on Iran’s Sharif University of Technology cannot be upheld due to insufficient proof that it had allegedly been involved with the country’s nuclear energy program.

“The General Court considers that the European Council committed a manifest error of assessment and failed to discharge the burden of proof which rests on it,” the court said in a news release.

The court added that the documents submitted by the EU states “contain no information or material which adds anything to” the case against the university.