Britain to target Iranian decision makers with new sanctions regime

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : Britain has also announced new designations under its existing human rights sanctions regime for Iran.
45% : Britain's current sanctions regime against Iran focuses on human rights, but the proposals would widen the scope of criteria that the government could cite in bringing new designations in future.
42% : It also said it had given evidence at the UN Security Council that Iran was continuing to send weapons to the Houthis in Yemen, and to Russia, to support its fighting in Ukraine.
40% : Britain said on Thursday it would create a new sanctions regime for Iran, giving the UK greater powers to target decision makers, including those involved in weapons proliferation and threats against British nationals.
38% : Britain says Iran has made at least 15 attempts to kidnap or even kill British nationals or individuals based in the United Kingdom since the start of last year.
36% :The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the charge d'affaires of the British embassy in Tehran over the "destructive British statements and interference in our affairs," Iran's Arabic-language television network Al Alam reported on Thursday.
30% : "What we have seen over the last 18 months is an unprecedented level of aggression from Iran against people here in the UK, trying to silence dissenting voices," Cleverly told reporters on Thursday.

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