Iran Sanctions UK Bodies Over Charges Of Instigation At Home
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Hashim Sheikh
- . October 19, 2022
- . Update: November 11, 2022 1:30 am
Building up against the massive movement that has rocked Iran over the death of the young Mahsa Amini, the Iranian government has earmarked some UK citizens and sanctioned them straight.
The latest is Iran sanctioning British institutions as a reaction to the UK blacklisting the country’s morality police. The world has been showing a stand against the way women are losing their lives in Iran over improper dressing as prescribed by Iran.
According to Tehran, their actions ‘led to riots, violence and terrorist acts against the Iranian nation.” Iran has been under siege due to people localizing and protested under the anti-hijab banner making it clear to Iranian authorities that women cannot be subjected to physical and mental torture.
There are some 16 organisations and people who are under sanctions for “their deliberate actions in supporting terrorism and terrorist groups, promoting and inciting terrorism, spreading violence and hatred, and violating human rights,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry has said.
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BBC Persian and Iran International, two Farsi-speaking channels based in the UK and considered “hostile” by Tehran, were also blacklisted. The nine people listed include Conservative members of Parliament Thomas Tugendhat, Minister of State for Security, and Bob Blackman. Sanctions include a visa ban and the seizure of any “property and assets” in Iran.
In light of what has been happening in Iran, the US and Canada have also announced sanctions apart from the EU that has also imposed sanctions on 11 Iranian people and four entities for the way in which they dealt with the month-long demonstrations.
Recent video grabs have shown oil sector workers joining the demonstrations that have been sparked by Mahsa Amini’s murder and unfortunate death. This has been seen as the biggest movement of social unrest in the country in almost three years. Youth are mostly mobilized over the ‘Women, Life, Freedom’ movement, where women have taken to streets, cut their hair and burnt their hijabs, revolting against the moral policing and death of Mahsa Amini.
