WASHINGTON — The United States mentioned on Wednesday it had imposed sanctions on two senior Iranian jail officers answerable for severe human rights abuses in opposition to girls and women because it marked International Women’s Day.
In an announcement, the Treasury Department mentioned it had additionally put sanctions on Iran’s high military commander, a senior official within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and on three Iranian firms and their leaders who’ve enabled legislation enforcement repression.
“The United States, along with our partners and allies, stand with the women of Iran, who advocate for fundamental freedoms in the face of a brutal regime that treats women as second-class citizens and attempts to suppress their voices by any means,” Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian Nelson mentioned within the assertion.
The Treasury described its actions because the tenth spherical of such sanctions focusing on Iranian officers since Tehran’s crackdown on nationwide protests that erupted after Mahsa Amini, a girl from Iran’s Kurdistan area, died in September within the custody of the morality police who implement strict costume codes. — Reuters
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