security personnel have been reported killedanother 63 people were killed last week when security forces bloodily suppressed a protest in zahedan near irans southeastern border with pakistan said ihrthe clashes erupted after friday prayers during protests sparked by accusations a police chief in the region had raped a teenage girl of the baluch sunni minority it saidthe crackdown has drawn global condemnationon tuesday the european union joined the united states in warning that it was looking to impose tough new sanctions on iran over the bloody crackdownproposed punitive measures targeting senior iranian officials include freezing their assets and their right to travel french foreign minister catherine colonna saidiran has repeatedly accused outside forces of stoking the protests and last week said nine foreign nationals including from france germany italy the netherlands and poland had been arrestedon wednesday iran summoned british ambassador simon shercliff to hear a protest over meddlesome statements over the proteststhe unrest has overshadowed diplomatic efforts to revive a 2015 nuclear deal between iran and major powers which had come close to a breakthrough in recent months before stalling againbut the white house said the problems with irans behaviour are separate from efforts to revive the nuclear deal