The Government has imposed travel bans on 22 Iranian security officials and the regime’s morality police in response to the death of Mahsa Amini and Iran’s violent response to the protests over it, APA reports.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta announced the step after months of protests in New Zealand and calls for the Government to do more.
Ardern said the step targeted those connected to the death of Amini and the violent response to those protesting in Iran since then. She said New Zealand also stood with other countries calling for an investigation by an independent outside body and calling for Iranian authorities to de-escalate their response and commute all death sentences.
They include members of the Morality Police, the Law Enforcement Command, and members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Among them are the heads of those groups: Hossein Salami, the Commander in Chief of the IRGC; Gholam-Reza Soleimani, Commander of the Basij; Hossein Ashtari, Commander of the Police (Law Enforcement Command); and Mohammed Rostami, head of the Morality Police.
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