his aunty contributor rachel maston. the european union is keen on sanctioning one of the west long time regime change targets. iran and mid ongoing protests in the country. and berlin seems eager on leading the charge with the demand for an you wide travel ban and asset freeze of those it considers responsible. berlin should know 1st hand how sanctions can backfire and inadvertently target the people of a country. since that's pretty much what's happening right now in germany and across the u under the blocks own anti russian sanctions, which were supposed to target to russia, but ended up ultimately targeting their own energy supplied resources. but it doesn't sound like the german foreign minister is going to let reason get in the way of her ideological bender. we will ensure that the e impose his entry benz on those responsible for this brutal repression and freeze their assets in the you. we say to people in iran, we stand and remain by your side, france, denmark, spain, italy, and the czech republic have joined in