French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe on Tuesday asked the European community to impose further tough sanctions against Iran after its recent threat to block the strategic oil passage of Strait of Hormuz.

"France wants that we toughen sanctions (against Iran)... (by) freezing .. assets of the Iranian central bank, which would be a very rough and imposing embargo on Iranian oil exports," the minister told local TV channel I-TELE.

"The U.S. congress voted to that effect and the President of the United States has just approved the law. We hope that the Europeans, by Jan. 30, take an equivalent measure to show our determination," he added.

The United States, Britain and Canada announced new sanctions against Iran following an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on Iran's nuclear program issued in November.

Certain western countries have also said that they are considering sanctions against Iran's Central Bank and Iran's crude exports.

On Monday, Teheran successfully test-fired long- and short-range missiles during its military drill in the Strait of Hormuz and threatened to close the world's important oil route if Iranians interest would be menaced.

United States and its western allies suspect that Iran would use the uranium enrichment to make nuclear weapons but Tehran repeatedly insisted on the peaceful nature of its nuclear program.