Bank Tejarat wins application to annul its EU sanctions listing

Bank Tejarat, an Iranian bank, has had its listing on the EU’s sanctions relating to Iran annulled by the General Court (First Chamber), in Case T-176/12 Bank Tejarat v Council (link to the judgment is here). The Bank has been listed since 2012 on the grounds that it is a State owned bank that has facilitated Iran’s nuclear programme in various ways. The Bank...