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WASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Division on Monday imposed sanctions on 4 senior Iranian regulation enforcement and navy officers concerned in crushing protests that erupted final yr after an Iranian girl died within the custody of the morality police who implement strict costume codes.
The division mentioned in an announcement it was additionally taking motion towards the brand new secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council of Our on-line world (SCC), the authority accountable for Iran’s our on-line world coverage and blockage of widespread web sites.
“The Iranian folks deserve freedom of expression with out the specter of violent retaliation and censorship from these in energy,” Brian Nelson, the division’s below secretary for terrorism and monetary intelligence, mentioned within the assertion.
The Treasury mentioned it was inserting sanctions on three senior officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC): Parviz Absalan, the deputy commander of the IRGC Salman Corps of Sistan and Baluchistan Province; Amanollah Goshtasbi, deputy inspector of the IRGC’s floor forces; and Ahmed Khadem Seyedoshohada, a brigadier normal within the IRGC’s floor forces.
It additionally imposed sanctions on Salman Adinehvand, the commander of the Tehran Police Aid Unit of Iran’s LEF, the first safety group in control of crowd management and protest suppression.
Additionally focused was Seyyed Mohammad Amin Aghamiri, the brand new secretary of the SCC, the centralized authority relating to policymaking within the realm of our on-line world. The SCC is accountable for Iran’s blockage of widespread on-line information and communications platforms and has additionally used digital expertise to spy on and harass journalists and regime dissidents, the Treasury mentioned. (Reporting by Moira Warburton and Arshad Mohammed; Modifying by Paul Simao)