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The EU could impose new sanctions on Iran after Tehran’s direct attack on Israel, several diplomats said on Monday evening after talks between members’ envoys. The issue is likely to be discussed this Tuesday during a video conference of foreign ministers called by the bloc’s top diplomat Josep Borrell. It comes after Iran directly attacked Israel on Saturday, for the first time in the history of the Islamic Republic, in retaliation for the killing of high-ranking Iranian officers in Syria at the start of the month. New punitive measures could be imposed through a sanctions regime set up after…