UK, EU Add Entries to Iran Sanctions Regime
Both the EU and the U.K. added entries to their Iran sanctions regimes over the Iranian government's role in the death of Mahsa Amini and the subsequent crackdown on protests relating to her killing.
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Timely, relevant coverage of court proceedings and agency rulings involving tariffs, classification, valuation, origin and antidumping and countervailing duties. Each day, Trade Law Daily subscribers receive a daily headline email, in-depth PDF edition and access to all relevant documents via our trade law source document library and website.
The EU added 29 individuals and three entities to its restrictions on Iran, the European Council said Nov. 14. The new additions include four members of the squad that arrested Amini, provincial heads of the Iranian Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) and Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), and Brig. Gen. Kiyumars Heidari. Restrictions were also placed on Press TV; Vahid Mohammad Naser Majid, chief of the Iranian Cyber Police; and Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi, who is in charge of the LEF.
The U.K. added 24 individuals to its Iran (Human Rights) sanctions regime, the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation said in a notice the same day. All 24 are involved in Iranian law enforcement and are subject to an asset freeze and travel ban. The listings include Majid as well as Col. Abbas Abdi, LEF chief in Divandarreh; Manouchehr Amanollahi, LEF commander in Charhmahal and Bakhtiari; Brig. Gen. Ali Azadi, LEF Kurdistan provincial chief; Sardar Hosseini, IRGC commander in Kurdistan; Hossein Khiabani, governor of Sistan-Baluchestan; Esmaeil Kousha, governor of Kurdistan; and Issa Zarepour, minister of information and communications technology.
"The EU strongly condemns the unacceptable violent crackdown of protesters," said Josep Borrell, the European Council's foreign affairs representative. "We stand with the Iranian people and support their right to protest peacefully and voice their demands and views freely. We are today imposing additional sanctions on those responsible for the suppression" of the protesters.