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European Parliament Condemns Iran over Attack on Israel in 357-20 Vote, Calls for Sanctions
(European Parliament) In a resolution adopted on Thursday by 357-20, the European Parliament strongly condemned the April 13 Iranian drone and missile attack on Israel and called for further sanctions against Iran. MEPs reiterated their full support for the security of the State of Israel and its citizens and condemned the simultaneous rocket launches by Iran's proxies Hizbullah in Lebanon and Houthi rebels in Yemen. Parliament expressed deep concerns over the destabilizing role that the Iranian regime and its network of non-state actors play in the Middle East. It welcomed the EU's decision to expand its current sanctions regime against Iran. The resolution also reiterated Parliament's long-standing call to include Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on the EU list of terrorist organizations, stressing that such a decision is long overdue. It similarly called on the EU to add Hizbullah in its entirety to the same list.