U.S. Increases Sanctions Against Iran Due To Death Of Mahsa Amini
In Washington, New sanctions were put in place by the U.S. on Wednesday against officials from Iran’s intelligence service, the Revolutionary Guard, prison wardens, and others. The incident occurred 40 days after Mahsa Amini, 22, passed away while being detained by Iran’s morality police.
As part of a series of measures taken against Tehran for its repression of protestors and disruption of internet access, the U.S. government’s sanctions arm named 10 individuals of Iran’s leadership and placed financial restrictions and penalties on them.
The most recent sanctions focused on the head of the Guard’s intelligence division and his deputy, as well as wardens from several jails and an Iranian company that filters social media.
In Washington, New sanctions were put in place by the U.S. on Wednesday against officials from Iran’s intelligence service, the Revolutionary Guard, prison wardens, and others. The incident occurred 40 days after Mahsa Amini, 22, passed away while being detained by Iran’s morality police.
As part of a series of measures taken against Tehran for its repression of protestors and disruption of internet access, the U.S. government’s sanctions arm named 10 individuals of Iran’s leadership and placed financial restrictions and penalties on them.
The most recent sanctions focused on the head of the Guard’s intelligence division and his deputy, as well as wardens from several jails and an Iranian company that filters social media.
Amini was detained by Iran’s morality police on September 13 as she was on a visit to Tehran from her birthplace in the country’s western Kurdish region. She was held by the police for donning her headscarf too loosely. In public, Iranian women are required to cover their hair entirely with a headscarf.
She passed away three days after collapsing at a police station.
Since the 2009 Green Movement protests brought millions of people to the streets, Amini has remained a powerful figure in demonstrations that have presented one of the most significant threats to the Islamic Republic.
Amini was visiting Tehran from her birthplace in the western Kurdish area of Iran when she was detained on September 13 by the country’s morality police. She was detained by police for slouching her hijab. Iran mandates that women cover their hair fully with a headscarf when in public.
Three days after collapsing at a police station, she passed away.
Since the 2009 Green Movement protests brought millions of people out onto the streets, Amini has remained a powerful figure in demonstrations that have posed one of the most significant challenges to the Islamic Republic.
Young women marched in the streets, exposed their hair in public, and staged protests in dozens of cities across the 80 million-person nation following her death. The administration retaliated with a harsh crackdown, attributing the demonstrations to foreign meddling.
According to rights organizations, security forces have killed over 200 people since the protests, including children.
Iranians are still heroically protesting forty days after the unfortunate murder of Mahsa Amini despite severe repression and internet access disruptions, according to Brian Nelson, the Treasury undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence. He stated that the sanctions are “part of our determination to hold the Iranian leadership accountable for its repression at all levels.”
