Mahsa Amini Case: Sanctions imposed on Iran’s Morality Police
The United States imposed sanctions on Iran’s morality police here on Thursday, accusing it of mistreating and violently assaulting Iranian women and holding it accountable for the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, who died in jail under their custody this week.
Seven senior Iranian military and security personnel, including the commander of the Iranian army’s ground troops, were named as targets of penalties by the U.S. Treasury after it claimed that the morality police had violated the rights of nonviolent protestors.
Mahsa Amini was a brave woman whose murder while being held by the Morality Police was yet another act of brutality by the Iranian regime’s security forces against its people, according to a statement from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.
The Iranian government is being urged to stop its violence against women and its ongoing violent assault on freedom of expression and assembly, she continued.
“We condemn this unconscionable act in the strongest terms,” Yellen said.
All property and interests in property of individuals identified that are subject to U.S. jurisdiction are now blocked as a result of today’s decision, according to the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
Mahsa Amini Case: Sanctions imposed on Iran’s Morality Police
Early on Thursday, when public indignation over Amini’s death showed no signs of easing and there were reports of attacks on security forces, protesters set fire to police stations and vehicles in Tehran and other Iranian cities.
