The new package of sanctions follows the previous seven adopted by the EU Council. Overall, sanctions were applied to 216 individuals and 37 legal entities.
The European Union has imposed sanctions against five individuals and two organizations responsible for human rights violations in Iran. It was reported by the Council of the EU.
The new package of sanctions follows the previous seven adopted by the EU Council
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Iranian Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) Tehran Police Unit Commander
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a man associated with the “Marie Arvin case” – a lawyer who went to prison for her human rights work and then died.
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a representative of the Iranian police and secretary of the Iranian Supreme Cyberspace Council (SCC), the body responsible for cyberspace repression.
Sanctions were also imposed on the IRGC Foundation, the body responsible for managing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ investments and disbursing money in the regime’s brutal crackdown, and the Basij Student Organization (SBO), which acts as a violent army on university campuses where students. held protests in the fall of 2022. and later became victims of repression and serious human rights violations such as abduction and torture.
Overall, sanctions were applied to 216 individuals and 37 legal entities. The restrictive measures include an asset freeze, a ban on entry into the EU and a ban on providing funds to those on the sanctioned list. In addition, there is a ban on the export to Iran of equipment that can be used for internal repression and equipment for telecommunications surveillance.
The EU called on Iran to end the practice of imposing and executing the death penalty on protesters, abolish existing death sentences, ensure due process for all detainees, and end the practice of detaining foreigners civilian for political gain.
Recall that the UK, US and EU have imposed new sanctions against the Iranian regime.
Source: korrespondent
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