On Thursday, January 29, the Council of the European Union decided to impose new restrictive measures linked to serious human rights violations in Iran and Iran's continued military support for Russia's war against Ukraine. The EU is in particular imposing restrictive measures on Eskandar Momeni, Iran's Minister of the Interior and Head of the National Security Council. According to the statement, Iran's military supports to Russia's war of aggression continues to pose a direct threat to EU security. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha welcomed the Council's decision to strengthen sanctions against Iran and Russian propagandists and expressed hope for an even tougher 20th package of sanctions against Russia. "Ukraine commends the EU's leadership and looks forward to an even tougher 20th sanctions package against Russia," Sybiha wrote.