FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The European Union expanded its sanctions regime on 8 June targeting activities that threaten freedom of navigation in the Middle East, adding two individuals and one entity linked to Iran’s actions in the Strait of Hormuz. The latest measures, approved by the Council of the European Union, were adopted under an extended legal framework aimed at addressing actions and policies deemed to undermine international maritime law, including the rights of transit and innocent passage through international straits. RelatedNews U.S. forces disable tanker bound for Iran as crew gets rescued US military destroys Iranian drones in the Strait of Hormuz var jnews_module_21375003_0_6a27e57a2673c = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21375003","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"36,4346,903,2647","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_im