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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 02, 2023
EU sanctions Iran militia, police, three prisons over 2019 protests

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Reuters
12 April, 2021, 08:30 pm
Last modified: 12 April, 2021, 08:30 pm

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EU sanctions Iran militia, police, three prisons over 2019 protests

The travel bans and asset freezes are the first time the EU has imposed sanctions on Iran for human rights abuses since 2013

Reuters
12 April, 2021, 08:30 pm
Last modified: 12 April, 2021, 08:30 pm
An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 9, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo

The European Union targeted eight Iranian militia commanders, police chiefs and three prisons over a deadly crackdown in November 2019 by Iranian authorities, the EU said in its Official Journal on Monday.

The travel bans and asset freezes are the first time the EU has imposed sanctions on Iran for human rights abuses since 2013. The individuals to be targeted include members of Iran's hardline Basij militia, who are under the command of the Revolutionary Guards, the most powerful and heavily armed security force in the Islamic Republic.

One the the most senior Iranians to be targeted was the head of the elite Revolutionary Guards, Hossein Salami. The EU also targeted Gholamreza Soleimani, head of the Basij militia.

"The Basij Organisation used lethal force to suppress the November 2019 protests in Iran, causing the deaths of and injuries to unarmed protesters and other civilians in many cities across the country," the EU said.

Reuters reported on March 31 that EU ambassadors had agreed the sanctions, which now take effect.

Iran has repeatedly rejected accusations by the West of human rights abuses.

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