The European Union will ⁠expand the ⁠criteria of its Iran sanctions to include those responsible for blocking the Strait of Hormuz, two unnamed EU diplomats tell Reuters.

“There was a political agreement among ⁠ambassadors that we indeed would change the ⁠criteria in Iran’s sanctions regime so that we could also list persons and entities that are responsible for the obstruction of the freedom ⁠of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz,” one of the diplomats said.