The UK, US and EU are today announcing further sanctions on Iranian regime officials responsible for human rights violations, including from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), APA's Britain bureau reports citing UK Gov.
The UK has designated more than 70 Iranian officials and entities for human rights violations since October 2022, with the total number of Iran-related designations amounting to more than 300. The list includes the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in its entirety, the Iranian Prosecutor General and the Morality Police.
The UK, US and EU have taken consistent and coordinated action to hold the regime to account, announcing sanctions on a monthly basis on those response for human rights abuses. The latest UK sanctions are against four IRGC Commanders, under whose leadership IRGC forces have opened fire on unarmed protestors resulting in numerous deaths, including of children, and have arbitrarily detained and tortured protestors.
Mohammad Nazar Azim, Habib Shahsavari, Mohsen Karimi, Ahmad Kadem, the commanders of the IRGC, are among the persons sanctioned.
Foreign Minister James Cleverley said that they will continue to take a number of measures to hold the regime accountable for its actions:“The Iranian regime are responsible for the brutal repression of the Iranian people and for exporting bloodshed around the world. That’s why we have more than 300 sanctions in place on Iran, including on the IRGC in its entirety. The UK and our international partners are again making clear today that we will not overlook the regime’s brutal oppression," he said.
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