{"id":108301,"date":"2023-01-25T08:44:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T13:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=108301"},"modified":"2023-01-25T08:44:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T13:44:06","slug":"us-joins-uk-eu-with-new-iran-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2023\/01\/25\/us-joins-uk-eu-with-new-iran-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"US Joins UK, EU with New Iran Sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"VOA \u2014 The United States joined the European Union and Britain in imposing new sanctions Monday on Iran in response to a crackdown on protesters.<\/p>\n

U.S. State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters at a briefing that the new sanctions involved 10 people, including Iran\u2019s deputy intelligence minister and key commanders in the Revolutionary Guard Corps.<\/p>\n

Price said the sanctions were meant to \u201cpromote accountability for the Iranian regime\u2019s human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s action is the latest of numerous tranches of sanctions made in close consultation with our allies and partners and aimed at Iranian individuals and entities connected to Iranian authorities\u2019 cruel and violent crackdown against peaceful protesters,\u201d Price said.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s foreign ministry on Tuesday condemned the new sanctions from the European Union and Britain and pledged to retaliate in kind.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Islamic Republic will soon announce the list of new sanctions against the human rights violators of EU and England,\u201d Iran\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nasser Kanaani said in a statement.<\/p>\n

European Union sanctions imposed Monday targeted dozens of officials and organizations. The EU sanctions list included Iran\u2019s Sports and Youth Minister Hamid Sajjadi, the Iranian Special Police Forces, Revolutionary Guard Corps senior officers and multiple cybersecurity, spyware and security equipment companies.<\/p>\n

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Britain\u2019s sanctions included Iranian deputy prosecutor general Ahmad Fazelian. Britain\u2019s foreign office says Fazelian was responsible for an unfair judicial system that utilized the death penalty for political purposes.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose sanctioned today, from the judicial figures using the death penalty for political ends to the thugs beating protestors on the streets, are at the heart of the regime\u2019s brutal repression of the Iranian people,\u201d British foreign minister James Cleverly said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Some information for this report came from The Associated Press and Reuters.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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