The director of legal claims for Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping announced today that the European Court of Justice has removed all Iranian shipping directors from the EU blacklist.
The Mehr News Agency reports that 10 Iranian shipping directors were removed from the EU blacklist.
After Iran and the 5+1 reached an agreement in Geneva on November 25, the EU announced that it would begin easing sanctions on Iran in December.
The EU has placed sanctions on all technical assistance to Iran as well as the transfer of petroleum technology; in addition, all transactions are banned between Iran and European banks. Those banks have also frozen the assets of 600 Iranian officials.
