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EU Parliament Seeks Sanctions on Iran Officials for Human Rights Abuse
(Jerusalem Post) Benjamin Weinthal - The European parliament passed a non-binding resolution on July 7 urging that sanctions be imposed on Iranian regime officials for the imprisonment and execution of EU nationals. The resolution noted that "Iran has been actively imprisoning foreign nationals in order to blackmail foreign governments" and "at least a dozen EU nationals are being arbitrarily detained in Iran."