People cross a street near a billboard on the facade of a building depicting the Strait of Hormuz with a caption in Persian reading "Forever in Iran’s Hand", at Vanak Square in Tehran. AFP
Europe has been left on the sidelines as the US war with Iran has shuttered the key waterway and roiled global markets.
The 27-nation bloc said it was blacklisting Mohammad Akbarzadeh, spokesperson for the Guards' naval wing, and the organisation's Hormozgan Provincial Command.
It also said it was placing Hamid Hosseini, a representative of Iran's oil exporters union, under an asset freeze and visa ban.
European nations, spearheaded by France and Britain, are working on plans to send a naval mission to Hormuz once the fighting stops.
EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas has said the bloc's naval mission, currently in the Red Sea, could take part in the operation.
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