BERLIN: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday that it was too early to drop sanctions imposed on ‌Iran.

“We think ‌the dropping ‌of ⁠sanctions would be ⁠too early,” she said in Berlin at a meeting of the ⁠conservative CDU and ‌its ‌CSU Bavarian sister party, ‌adding that ‌the sanctions were in place due to Iran’s suppression of ‌its own population.

“We first have to ⁠see ⁠a change, a fundamental change in Iran for the dropping of sanctions,” von der Leyen added.