Statement by Foreign Ministers of the United Kingdom, France and
Germany:
The governments of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom
strongly condemn Iran's export and Russia's procurement of
Iranian ballistic missiles. This is a further escalation of
Iran's military support to Russia's war of aggression against
Ukraine and will see Iranian missiles reaching European soil,
increasing the suffering of the Ukrainian people. This act is an
escalation by both Iran and Russia, and is a direct threat to
European security.
The E3 has privately and publicly been clear that we would take
new and significant measures against Iran if the transfers took
place. We now have confirmation that Iran has made these
transfers. We will be taking immediate steps to cancel bilateral
air services agreements with Iran. In addition, we will pursue
the designations of significant entities and individuals involved
with Iran's ballistic missile programme and the transfer of
ballistic missiles and other weapons to Russia. We will also work
towards imposing sanctions on Iran Air.
The E3 are closely coordinating our strong response to these
transfers with our European and international partners. We call
on Iran to immediately cease all support to Russia's war against
Ukraine and halt the development and transfers of its ballistic
missiles.
