The EU has imposed sanctions on the spokesman for the naval arm of Iran’s IRGC and a regional command over the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, AFP reports.

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.