Great Satan US senators call on its puppet EU to tighten Iran sanctions on eve of talks

As Iran and the group of six major world powers prepare to hold another round of talks, a group of US senators have urged the European Union to cut off Iran’s access to its euro foreign exchange reserves.

In a letter to President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy on Monday, 36 US senators urged the union to close “a significant loophole in US-EU sanctions policy” in order to increase pressure on Iran.

“We strongly urge you to take all the necessary measures to cut off Iran’s ability to use its foreign-held euros,” the Financial Times quoted the letter as saying.

The senators called on the EU to deny Iran access to Target2, Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross settlement Express Transfer system operated by the European Central Bank, which allegedly is being used to facilitate Iranian trade transactions.

The request was made on the eve of negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 (Britain, China, France, Russia, and the United States plus Germany) which is set to begin in southeastern Kazakh city of Almaty on Tuesday.

Iran and the P5+1 group have held several rounds of talks with the main focus on Iran’s nuclear energy program. The last round of negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group was held in Moscow in June 2012.

The United States, Israel and some of their allies have repeatedly accused Iran of pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program. Iran has rejected the allegation.

Over the false allegation, Washington and the European Union have imposed several rounds of illegal unilateral sanctions against the Islamic Republic.