Israel welcomed on Tuesday the European Union's decision to expand its sanctions on Iran, during a meeting of foreign ministers yesterday in Brussels to discuss regional and international issues.

“I welcome the decision yesterday by the EU foreign ministers to impose tough sanctions on the Iranian regime,” Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said in a post on the X platform.

He believed that "these sanctions will harm Iran's missile and drone production operations, make it difficult to distribute Iranian weapons by ship to combat zones, and increase economic pressure on the Iranian regime."

Sa'ar considered that "these are necessary steps in the international community's war against the Iranian threat, which poses the greatest danger to the security and stability of the Middle East, Europe and the entire world," he claimed.

Yesterday, Monday, the European Union Commission announced the expansion of its sanctions imposed on Iran to include a ban on the export of equipment used in the production of missiles and drones.

The Commission explained that it had included an Iranian person and an institution on the sanctions list due to "military support to Russia and armed groups and organizations in the Middle East and the Red Sea region."

She added that accordingly, "the export, transfer, supply or sale of equipment used in the development and production of missiles and drones from the European Union to Iran has been prohibited."

The sanctions also include any transactions with ports owned, operated or controlled by persons and entities listed on the sanctions list.

On October 14, the European Union decided to impose sanctions on some individuals and organizations in Iran, including airlines, on the grounds of transferring drones and missiles from Iran to Russia.