TEHRAN: Iran's government has endorsed a bill that will sanction foreign companies doing business with Israel, in the face of Israel's deadly assault on Gaza, an Iran newspaper reported on Monday.
The sanctions will apply to multinationals which have branches in Iran and which "invest in the occupied lands (of Palestine) or help the Zionist regime," the government-run paper said. The draft bill adopted on Sunday will now be put before parliament, which is expected to pass it overwhelmingly.
The report gave no details of the nature of the envisaged sanctions. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday called on Muslim countries to unite to bring about an end to Israel's "genocide" against the people of Gaza.
The Iranian foreign ministry called for "any measure to stop the blockade, invasion and violence" in Gaza. "In all areas, including economic, the parliament and the government are seriously following it up and are identifying Zionist companies," foreign ministry spokesman Hassan Ghashgavi told reporters when asked about the sanctions and if they apply to companies such as Swiss group Nestle.
Nestle has been the target of protests by Islamists since the Gaza onslaught began, some Iranian websites said. It is among a small number of foreign companies which have factories in Iran, which notably also includes French automaker Renault.
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The sanctions will apply to multinationals which have branches in Iran and which "invest in the occupied lands (of Palestine) or help the Zionist regime," the government-run paper said. The draft bill adopted on Sunday will now be put before parliament, which is expected to pass it overwhelmingly.
The report gave no details of the nature of the envisaged sanctions. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday called on Muslim countries to unite to bring about an end to Israel's "genocide" against the people of Gaza.
The Iranian foreign ministry called for "any measure to stop the blockade, invasion and violence" in Gaza. "In all areas, including economic, the parliament and the government are seriously following it up and are identifying Zionist companies," foreign ministry spokesman Hassan Ghashgavi told reporters when asked about the sanctions and if they apply to companies such as Swiss group Nestle.
Nestle has been the target of protests by Islamists since the Gaza onslaught began, some Iranian websites said. It is among a small number of foreign companies which have factories in Iran, which notably also includes French automaker Renault.
Full article at: http://www.forexpk.com/internal_exclusives.asp?file=international_desks_Iran_to_punish_firms.asp
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