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Canada imposes new sanctions over human rights violations in Iran
Canada imposed sanctions on six individuals and four entities on Wednesday that it said were among the worst offenders that have participated in or enabled “gross human rights violations” in Iran.
“Canada will continue to support them by using all tools at our disposal to respond to the Iranian regime’s violations of human rights and its threats to regional peace and security,” Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said in a statement.
The sanctions list includes Mohammad Karami of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, a hardline watchdog body called the Guardian Council and the Assembly of Experts, which responsible for selecting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s successor.
Meanwhile, Iran designated several British people and institutions on Wednesday for their “deliberate actions in support of terrorism, incitement of violence, and human rights violations,” Iran’s foreign ministry said.
The sanctions, published on the ministry’s Telegram page, include a ban on issuing visas and other ineffectual moves such as the seizure of designated individuals’ assets in Iran, are a countermeasure to London’s stance over protests that have gripped Iran during the past month following the death of a young woman in police custody.
