Sep. 22 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The United States Department of the Treasury announced this Thursday sanctions against Iran’s “Morality Police” after the images of violence recorded against protesters for the death of Mahsa Amini, who died after being arrested for wearing the veil incorrectly.
As detailed by the Treasury in a statement, Washington has sanctioned the Iranian police authorities “for abuse and violence against Iranian women and the violation of the rights of peaceful Iranian protesters.”
Likewise, the United States has also sanctioned the high command of the Ministry of Intelligence and Security, the Army Ground Forces, the Basik Resistance Forces and the Law Enforcement Forces.
According to the Treasury Department, these authorities “oversee organizations that routinely use violence to suppress peaceful protesters and members of Iranian civil society, political dissidents, and women’s rights activists.”
The sanctions indicate that all properties and interests in the United States owned by the indicated persons and entities will be blocked by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.
In addition, those sanctioned will be prohibited from carrying out transactions with US citizens or from within the country. Those who facilitate this type of maneuver run the risk of also being sanctioned by the authorities.
The State Department had previously released a statement condemning the “tragic and brutal death” of Amini in Iranian police custody. “We cry with her loved ones and with the Iranian people,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended.
“The Iranian government needs to end its systematic persecution of women and allow peaceful protest. The United States will continue to express its support for human rights in Iran and hold accountable those who violate them,” he concluded.
Amini’s death has unleashed a wave of protests in Iran that have been repressed by the police. Local media suggest that there are 17 deaths in the framework of the demonstrations, while an NGO focused on the situation in Iran has raised the figure to 30 protesters.
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