The European Union designated as terrorist on Tuesday a unit of the Iranian intelligence ministry for planning assassinations in Europe, the Danish Foreign Ministry and EU diplomats said. Two members of its staff were also placed on the list. The decision, which freezes financial assets in the bloc belonging to the unit and the two individuals, comes after Denmark said last year it suspected an Iranian government intelligence service of carrying out an assassination plot on its soil, reported Reuters. "EU just agreed to enact sanctions against an Iranian Intelligence Service for its assassination plots on European soil. Strong signal from the EU that we will not accept such behavior in Europe," Denmarks Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said on Twitter. The decision was taken without debate at an unrelated meeting of Europe ministers in Brussels and the asset freeze comes into effect on Wednesday, EU officials said. The Danish Foreign Ministry named the two employees as the deputy minister and director general of intelligence, Saeid Hashemi Moghadam, and Assadollah Asadi, a Vienna-based diplomat. Their names are set to appear officially in the EUs Official Journal on Wednesday. France has said there was no doubt the Iranian intelligence ministry was behind a failed attack in Paris. Iran has denied any involvement in the plots, saying the accusations were intended to damage EU-Iran relations. Tuesday’s move follows efforts by Denmark and France to marshal a EU-wide response to the accusations of the Iranian attack plots in France and Denmark late last year. But imposing economic sanctions on Iran, however slight, remains highly sensitive for the bloc. The EU has been straining to uphold the 2015 nuclear accord between Iran and world powers that US President Donald Trump pulled out of in May. It has been less willing to consider sanctions, instead seeking talks with Tehran.