JAKARTA - The European Union (EU) has expanded sanctions against Iran for serious human rights violations and Tehran's support for Russia in the war in Ukraine.
In its statement, the European Council said the new restrictive measures were imposed on 15 additional individuals and six entities.
As reported by ANTARA from Anadolu, Friday, January 30, the sanctions were imposed following "severe repression" of peaceful protests, including the use of violence, arbitrary detention, and intimidation practices by security forces against demonstrators.
A number of important figures who were sanctioned include Iran's Minister of the Interior and Head of the National Security Council Eskandar Momeni, as well as a number of judicial officials, including Attorney General Mohammad Movahedi-Azad and Chief Judge Iman Afshari.
The European Council also stated that the latest list of sanctions includes a number of commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran as well as senior police officers and the Iranian Law Enforcement Forces (LEF).
In addition, the entities subject to sanctions include the Iranian Audio-Visual Media Regulatory Authority (SATRA), the Seraj Cyber Organization, the Working Group on Criminal Content Determination (WGDICC), as well as several software companies.
With the addition, the EU's restrictive measures related to human rights violations in Iran now apply to a total of 247 individuals and 50 entities.
Regarding Tehran's support for Moscow, the European Commission also imposed sanctions on four Iranians and six entities under the EU's special sanctions regime. The move is focused on the Iranian state-backed development and production program for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
The sanctions list includes Khojir Missile Development and Production, which is said to be the main entity in Iran's ballistic missile program, as well as Sahara Thunder, an Iranian import-export trading company that is said to act as a front company for the Iranian Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics.
The sanctions were imposed in line with the agreement of the EU foreign ministers on the same day to designate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a "terrorist organization".
The head of the EU foreign policy, Kaja Kallas, stressed that acts of repression cannot be left unanswered.
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