U.S. issues fresh sanctions against Iranian officials for 'brutal' crackdown on peaceful protestors

The U.S. Treasury announced a caller circular of sanctions Wednesday against Iranian officials for brutal unit against peaceful demonstrators arsenic protests pursuing the decease of Iranian pistillate Mahsa Amini continue.

The caller sanctions travel 40 days aft the 22-year-old Amini's decease successful the custody of Iran's morality police. Iranian officials person continued their crackdown connected protesters portion limiting entree to net services.

"Forty days aft the tragic decease of Mahsa Amini, Iranians proceed to bravely protestation successful the look of brutal suppression and disruption of net access," Brian E. Nelson, nether caput of the Treasury said successful a statement. "The United States is imposing caller sanctions connected Iranian officials overseeing organizations progressive successful convulsive crackdowns and killings, including of children, arsenic portion of our committedness to clasp each levels of the Iranian authorities accountable for its repression."

Treasury designated 10 Iranian officials, 2 Iranian quality actors and 2 Iranian entities progressive successful the Iranian government's efforts to interfere with net access:

• Mohammad Kazemi: Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Intelligence Organization.
• Abbas Nilforushan: Deputy Commander for Operations of the IRGC.
• Hossein Modarres Khiabani: Governor of Sistan and Baluchistan province, sites of the worst unit successful the latest circular of protests.
• Ahmad Shafahi: Commander of Salman Corps, the IRGC subject portion successful Sistan and Baluchistan.
• Hedayat Farzadi: Warden of Evin Prison, which houses protesters.
• Seyyed Heshmatollah Hayat Al-Ghaib: Director-General of Tehran Province Prisons.
• Heidar Pasandideh: Warden of Sanandaj Central Prison successful Kurdistan province, wherever prisoners person been arbitrarily executed.
• Murad Fathi: Director-General of Prisons successful Kurdistan Province, wherever prisoners person undergone torture.
• Morteza Piri: Warden of Zahedan Prison, known successful Sistan and Baluchistan by prisoners and their families for his brutality toward prisoners.
• Seyed Mojtaba Mostafavi: Cofounder of Ravin Academy and subordinate of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) who was directed by the MOIS to bid and enlistee hackers.

The State Department is concurrently sanctioning Mohammad Reza Mirheydary, Mohammad Reza Ostad, and Iran's Bushehr Prison for their roles successful quality rights abuses nether the Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.

Access to immoderate spot and each involvement successful the spot owned by the sanctioned individuals connected U.S. ungraded oregon successful power of a idiosyncratic successful the U.S. are blocked. Treasury issued anterior designations against Iranian actors connected Sept. 22 and Oct. 6.