Nick Spicer on the EU Iran sanction talks

A member of Catherine Ashton's office, the high representative of foreign policy for the EU, confirmed to Al Jazeera that the decision to go ahead with sanctions was ratified by all 27 member states.

Our correspondent Nick Spicer, reporting from the sidelines of the meeting in Brussels, said: "There will be a review of sanctions in three months, in May, to see how things are going and then the embargo will begin in full force on July 1.

"The reason for that is so that countries heavily dependent on Iranian oil, namely Greece, Italy and Spain, some of the most ailing members of the eurozone, can find new sources of supply, and secondly, to see what steps Iran is taking to come back to the negotiating table."

Our correspondent says that details regarding freezing the assets of the Iranian Central Bank would be divulged at a news conference expected to take place later on Monday.

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[alexicon89]

We have no right harassing Iran..

[australiap]

SHAME ON EU , VIVA IRAN , WE PERSIANS CAN DEFEAT ANYONE

[oliaiguambfigues76]

Israel are the real nazis, mass murderers and warmongers. From the same people who gave us the the financial crisis, Bernie Madoff, Goldman Sachs, the neocons, Lehman Brothers and the Iraq war...the new genocidal war agaisnt Iran. Christians and Muslims will kill each other on behalf of israel and saudi arabia.

[oliaiguambfigues76]

Australia, European Union and USA are lapdogs of Israhell, complicits of Netanyahoo genocidal agenda. i'm ashamed of being an european.

[ThePayola123]

Katherine Ashton needs a complete new face. She's rather homely, if not down right bufugly.

[yourtreat2]

@australiap YEAH. YOU CAN DEFEAT ANYONE. NUKE YOURSELVES.

[Shibuki]

@mlm82 I know it does hurt everyone. The idea is to make those people discontent and to weaken the regime at the same time, by creating dissent among its armed forces. If there are brave and inteligent Persian warriors willing to destroy the Islamic regime, with the support of its population, then we should expect a revolution in the streets. They'll face short term dificulties but the long term benefits will be much more significant.

[lindabebe835]

India Joins Asian Dollar Exclusion Zone, Will Transact With Iran In Rupees

google it!! it is on!!

[mlm82]

@Shibuki but sanctions hurts everyone. This might just give the regime added support. BAD.

[Shibuki]

@australiap No, you do not have that capacity. In fact, you're not even capble at the moment of deafeating your own enemies inside Persia, namely the Islamic regime that's keeping your great country backwards. Your great ancestors would be ashamed to see their nation being ruled by these Islamists. Islam is a cultural product that was on your people imposed by the Arabian invaders. Therefore supporting this regime is equivalent to betraying the honour of your country and your ancestors.

[Shibuki]

@alexicon89 This is no matter of having a right to boycott the Islamic/Nazi regime in Persia, but rather a matter of preventing lunatics with military and territorial ambitions from having the capacity to produce nuclear bombs. It's a simples as that.

[AndrewMann552]

The EU is apparently run by lunatics. Then again, this is the region that gave us Hitler, Mussolini and Metternich.