Additional sections on Iran by EU over human rights violations
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Alaina
- . November 15, 2022
- . Update: November 15, 2022 7:14 pm
The European Council has adopted additional sanctions against Iran, adding 29 individuals and three entities of the country to the list of those who are subjected to restrictive measures related to the existing human rights sanctions against the Iranian regime. This is in response to their role in the death of Mahsa Amini and the violent crackdown against the demonstrators across Iran.
The new additions include the four members of the squad that arbitrarily arrested Mahsa Amini, provincial heads of the Iranian Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) and of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), as well as Brigadier General Kiyumars Heidari, the Commander of the Iranian Army’s Ground Forces, for their role in the brutal repression of the recent protests.
The EU has also designated Iranian state television broadcaster Press TV responsible for producing and broadcasting the forced confessions of detainees. EU also lists Vahid Mohammad Naser Majid, the head of the Iranian Cyber Police for his responsibility in arbitrarily arresting people for expressing online criticism of the Iranian regime. Iran’s Minister of Interior, Ahmad Vahidi, who is also in charge of the LEF, which have committed serious human rights violations has also been added to the designated list of human rights perpetrators.
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“The EU strongly condemns the unacceptable violent crackdown of protesters. We stand with the Iranian people and support their right to protest peacefully and voice their demands and views freely. We are today imposing additional sanctions on those responsible for the suppression of the Iranian protestors,” said Josep Borrell, EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
Under the sanctions, the entities and individuals are now banned from travel to EU nations with their assets in the bloc being frozen. EU citizens and companies are not allowed to make any funds available to the sanctioned.
The list of those who have been sanctioned by EU due to human rights violations in Iran include 126 individuals and 11 entities.
