By bne Tehran bureau Germany, France, and the UK have announced plans to impose sanctions on Iran’s national airline, Iran Air, accusing Tehran of supplying ballistic missiles to Russia for use in the ongoing war in Ukraine. The three European countries, in a joint statement issued by Germany’s foreign ministry on behalf of the E3 (Germany, France, and the UK), accused Iran of escalating its military support for Russia. They condemned the alleged missile transfers, stating that the ballistic weapons were being used to target Ukraine and posed a direct threat to European security. “In coordinat…