US, Allies Announce Coordinated Iran Sanctions
The U.S. and its allies last week sanctioned various people and entities involved in the Iranian regime’s suppression of protests following the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country’s Morality Police last year.
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The sanctions -- marking the one-year anniversary of the death of Amini, who had been arrested for not wearing a hijab -- include 29 U.S. designations against “key members” of Iran’s security forces along with government-controlled media outlets and others connected to the country’s internet censorship. Among those designated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control were Saeed Montazerolmehdi, spokesperson of Iran’s Law Enforcement Forces; Abbasali Mohammadian, the forces’ commander of the Tehran Province; Gholamali Mohammadi, head of Iran’s Prisons Organization; Alireza Abedinejad, CEO of censorship company Douran Software Technologies; media outlets Press TV, Tasnim News Agency, Fars News Agency and others.
The U.K. added four people and one entity to its Iran (Human Rights) sanctions regime, including an Iranian police spokesperson; the country’s minister of culture, the mayor of Tehran technology firm Arvan Cloud and others. Canada sanctioned six people, including members of Iran’s Supreme Council for Cultural Revolution and military officials. Australia for the first time imposed sanctions under its recently expanded Iran autonomous sanctions framework, also targeting Iran’s Law Enforcement Forces spokesperson, a media outlet and others.