The EU has agreed to expand sanctions on Iranian producers of drones and missiles following Tehran’s unprecedented attack on Israel.

The bloc already has multiple sanctions in place against Iran, including for selling drones to Russia for use in its war against Ukraine.

The US has also hinted it will impose its own new penalties in the coming days.

The EU’s new sanctions were agreed following Iran’s direct assault on Israel, involving more than 300 missiles and drones fired from Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yemen.

Tehran has, however, maintained it was retaliation for a presumed Israeli air strike on its consulate in Syria on 1 April, in which 13 people were killed.