European Union calls for Yemen sanctions SANAA, Yemen, June 17 (UPI) -- The European Union and Gulf countries are poised to implement unilateral sanctions against Yemeni politician Ali Salem al-Beydh, officials said Sunday. Diplomats from the EU and the GCC -- Gulf Cooperation Council -- accuse al-Beydh, leader of the Southern Secessionist Movement also called al-Harak, of enticing violence in the southern seaport of Aden in a bid to forward his secessionist ambitions. Aden Tomorrow newspaper said Sunday al-Beydh had made an alliance with Iran in exchange for financial support, agreeing to push for a secessionist war against Yemen's central government. In accordance with Security Council resolution 2015 on Yemen with provisions for the application of Chapter 7 for all "individuals or groups" preventing the impoverished nation to complete its transfer of power, European diplomats told Mareb Press they sought to freeze al-Beydh's assets in all European banks. A former Politburo member, al-Beydh took up the position of vice president in the transition government of unified Yemen in 1990. He directed the 1994 civil war from Aden, the former capital of south Yemen, only to flee to the neighboring Sultanate of Oman after his secession bid failed.