The U.S. announced fresh sanctions on Thursday against Iranian officials in punishment “for the continued violence against peaceful protesters and the shutdown of Iran’s Internet access.”
“We condemn the Iranian government’s crackdown on its people’s rights to freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly, including by shutting down access to the internet. We will use our sanctions as long as Iran continues to disregard its people’s rights,” State Department spokesperson Ned Price tweeted.
Thursday’s sanctions announcement follows days of growing pressure from activists for the U.S. to support the Iran protests, now in their third week, following the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old woman in the custody of the country’s so-called morality police.
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