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US imposes more Iranian sanctions over Mahsa Amini’s death
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WASHINGTON, 27 October 2022, (TON): The US placed over a dozen Iranian officials on its sanctions blacklist Wednesday for the crackdown on protests over the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while being held by the morality police.
The sanctions were announced as security forces opened fire on thousands of protesters who massed in Amini’s hometown to mark 40 days since her death, according to Hengaw, a Norway-based human rights group.
Sanctions were placed on Mohammad Kazemi, the head of intelligence for the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, and Hossein Modarres Khiabani, the governor of Sistan and Baluchistan province, the location of some of the worst violence triggered by the recent protests.
Two other IRGC officials were blacklisted, as were the police chief of Isfahan and seven national and regional prison officials.
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