06 July 2007
Israel’s prime minister Ehud Olmert has asked European Union member states to discourage any contact with Iranian businesses in order to weaken the current Iranian regime. Economic sanctions could be efficient if they were strongly implemented by the international community, Olmert told a delegation of European Friends of Israel (EFI) in Jerusalem. The group, led by Belgian member of the European Parliament Férdérique Ries, is currently on a four-day visit to Israel.
Olmert told the delegation, which comprises legislators from eleven European countries: "We must think about the recent riots in Iran provoked by the lack of gas in the country. EU countries must discourage any contact with Iranian business in order to weaken the regime. Europe is of great importance in the struggle against a nuclear Iran. The sanctions on Iran are doing their part but it is possible to impose other sanctions, not just economic, such as the denial of entry visas to Iranian passport holders."
Read about the WJC's campaign to Stop the Iranian Threat
