Kaja Kallas at the European Council in June 2024/Attribution: © European Union, 1998 – 2026 The European Union has imposed sanctions on Iranian military and energy-linked figures accused of threatening maritime traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, as Western governments scramble to reopen one of the world’s most critical energy corridors without widening the war in Iran. The measures target the Hormozgan Provincial Command of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy, along with Mohammad Akbarzadeh, deputy commander for political affairs of the IRGC Navy, and Hamid Hosseini, a representative of Iran’s Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ Union. The sanctions mark the first time Brussels has used its expanded freedom-of-navigation powers against Iran. The new framework was agreed in May 2026 and allows the bloc…
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