EU imposes new Iran sanctions, no deal yet on new Russia package

A man stands next to cars destroyed by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at a residential area in Kharkiv, December 8, 2022. REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union foreign ministers on Monday imposed new sanctions on Iran over its crackdown of anti-government protests and its drone deliveries to Russia, but pushed the adoption of a new package of measures against Moscow to later this week.

EU ministers decided in the case of Iran to add twenty individuals and one entity to the bloc's sanctions list over human rights abuses, while four more people and as many entities were added in relation to drones.