US EditionUK Sanctions 10 Iranian Officials and Security Body for Protest Crackdowns
The UK targets Iranian officials and security forces with asset freezes and travel bans amid reports of over 6,700 protester deaths, seeking accountability for human rights abuses.
- On Feb 2, Britain imposed wide-ranging sanctions in London targeting 10 individuals and the Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, applying asset freezes, travel bans and a director disqualification immediately.
- After deadly protests that rights groups say left thousands dead and tens of thousands detained, the UK Foreign Office said the sanctions aim to hold Iranian authorities accountable for serious human rights violations, including 6,842 deaths and more than 49,500 detained.
- Officials named by the Foreign Office include Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni, police chiefs Seyed Majid Feiz Jafari and Mohammad Ghanbari, Revolutionary Court judges Ahmad Darvish Goftar and Mehdi Rasakhi, IRGC officers, and businessman Babak Zanjani linked to the IRGC.
- Iran responded by summoning European Union ambassadors, and its parliament speaker called EU armies 'terrorist groups' after listing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, while U.S. naval movements deepened regional strain.
- Against a backdrop of coordinated Western pressure, Yvette Cooper, UK Foreign Secretary, said `The reports and shocking scenes of violence that have been seen around the world are horrific`, noting the sanctions follow EU and U.S. measures.
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Great Britain is taking new measures against officials in Iran. Among other things, it is imposing sanctions on the Minister of the Interior because of the repression of the protests in the country.
Britain announced on Monday sanctions against ten Iranian individuals, including the Interior Minister and police commanders, for their role in what it described as "recent acts of violence against protesters"...
UK sanctions Iran interior minister over protester crackdown
The UK on Monday sanctioned 10 individuals, including Iran's interior minister and police chiefs, for their roles in "recent brutality against protesters", the British foreign ministry said. Those sanctioned include the Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FARAJA), Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni, two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officers, an Iranian businessman linked to the IRGC and two judges. "The Iranian peo…
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