EU says it's considering stronger sanctions against Iran

The president of the European Union’s executive arm says the 27-member bloc is looking to strengthen sanctions against Iran as ordinary Iranians continue their protests against Iran’s theocratic government.

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says, following a meeting of the EU’s commissioners in Limassol, Cyprus, that current sanctions against Iran are “weakening the regime.”

Von der Leyen says that the EU is looking to sanction individual Iranians — apart from those who belong to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard — who “are responsible for the atrocities.”

She adds that the people of Iran who are “bravely fighting for a change” have the EU’s “full political support.”