COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2026/1837

of 24 July 2026

amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and to armed groups and entities in the Middle East and the Red Sea region as well as Iran’s actions undermining freedom of navigation in the Middle East

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:

(1)	On 20 July 2023, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532 (1).

(2)	On the basis of a review of Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532, the restrictive measures set out therein should be renewed until 27 July 2027.

(3)	The Council has concluded that the entries concerning four persons listed in Annex I to Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532 should be deleted from that Annex.

(4)	Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532 is amended as follows:

(1)	in Article 10, the date ‘27 July 2026’ is replaced by ‘27 July 2027’;

(2)	Annex I is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels, 24 July 2026.

For the Council

The President

T. BYRNE

(1) Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532 of 20 July 2023 concerning restrictive measures in view of Iran’s military support to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and to armed groups and entities in the Middle East and the Red Sea region as well as Iran’s actions undermining freedom of navigation in the Middle East (OJ L 186, 25.7.2023, p. 20, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/1532/oj).

ANNEX

In Annex I to Decision (CFSP) 2023/1532, under the heading ‘A. Natural persons’, the following entries are deleted:

2.	Mohammad Shahab KHANIAN

8.	Gholam Ali RASHID

13.	Behnam SHAHRIYARI

14.	Ali SHADMANI.