The 27 members of the European Union have agreed to sanction Iranian officials involved in the crackdown on protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini, diplomatic sources said on Wednesday.
The political agreement reached by the ambassadors in Brussels must be confirmed by the EU foreign ministers during their meeting this Monday in Luxembourg, the same sources specified.
A protest movement has shaken Iran since the death on September 16 of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman, who died three days after her arrest in Tehran by the morality police, who accused her of breaking the dress code of the Islamic Republic for women, in particular the use of the veil.
Depuis sa mort, des sayaines de personanes, principalement des protestants mais aussi des membres de security forces, ont été tuées lors de rassemblements qualifiés d'”émeutes” par les autorités, alors que des centaines d’autres ont été arrêtées dans plusieurs villes From the country.
British-American and Canadian sanctions
Following the United States and Canada, the United Kingdom also announced sanctions on Monday against Iran’s morality police and the country’s political and security officials, accusing them of suppressing protests. London has also decided to sanction five other officials of the Islamic Republic, including the commander-in-chief of the national police as well as the leader of the Bassij paramilitary militia, linked to the Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran’s ideological army.
These Iranian personalities will no longer be able to travel to the UK and their assets in the country, or anywhere else in the world, will be frozen.
The Iranian judiciary announced on Wednesday “the indictment of 60 people” in Tehran and another 65 in Hormozgan province (south), arrested during the “recent riots,” said Mizan Online, the Iranian justice site, without specifying the charges. .
On September 25, Iranian media announced the arrest of 88 protesters in Hormozgan and almost 1,200 more, including 60 women, in the north of the country.
“From now on, those who attack people’s lives and property, police and military and urban installations or encourage and incite people to riot will be dealt with resolutely,” said Ali Salehi, Tehran’s public prosecutor. , quoted on Wednesday by Mizan Online. .
Source: BFM TV
