Iran slaps tit-for-tat sanctions on EU, UK
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Iran yesterday imposed sanctions on 34 individuals and entities from the European Union and Britain in reaction to similar measures taken over Tehran’s response to months-long protests.
The measures come two days after the EU and Britain slapped another round of sanctions on Iran, which has been rocked by protests since the September 16 death of Mahsa Amini.
Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, died in custody after being arrested for allegedly breaching the country’s strict dress code.
The sanctions include financial measures — the blocking of accounts and transactions in Tehran’s banking systems — as well the “prohibition of visa issuance and entry” to Iran, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Tehran accuses the people and organisations of “supporting terrorism and terrorist groups, instigating and encouragement to terrorist acts and violence against Iranian people”.
It also accuses them of “interference in the domestic affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran and fomenting violence and unrest”. Sanctions include 25 listed names from the EU, and nine from Britain.
France’s Radio J, the group European Friends of Israel (EFI), and 22 individuals including six members of the European Parliament are among those targeted.
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