OFAC: ON INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, OFAC SANCTIONS IRANIAN OFFICIALS AND ENTITIES FOR SERIOUS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES

On 8 March, OFAC announced that it was sanctioning several Iranian regime officials and entities, including 2 senior officials in Iran’s prison system who have been responsible for serious human rights abuses against women and girls.  OFAC is also taking action against the top commander of the Iranian army and a high-ranking leader in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), as well as an Iranian official who was central to the regime’s efforts to block internet access.  Finally, OFAC is sanctioning 3 Iranian companies and their leadership for enabling the violent repression by the Iranian Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) of peaceful protestors, including many women and girls.

https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20230308

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1327

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Author: raytodd2017

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