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US Treasury Sanctions Iran’s Interior Minister, Senior Law Enforcement Officials in Connection w/ Serious Human Rights Abuses
home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…
-Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli
-Police chief Hossein Ashtari Fard
-Deputy Police Chief Ayoub Soleimani
“The Iranian regime violently suppresses dissent of the Iranian people, including peaceful protests, through physical and psychological abuse,” said Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin.
Hassan Shahvarpour Najafabadi, Commander of the IRGC’s Vali Asr Base in Khuzestan province during the IRGC’s violent suppression of protestors in Nov 2019. In this province & Mahshahr alone, the IRGC killed at least 100 protestors in 3 days.
WARNING - GRAPHIC FOOTAGE
Nov 2019 - Saveh road, SW of Tehran, #Iran
Scenes of protesters shot by the regime's security forces opening fire. A man is heard saying four people were killed in this scene.
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Nov 18, 2019—Shiraz, south-central #Iran
Footage showing civilians shot by the regime's security forces.
Nov 16, 2019—Shahriar, west of Tehran, #Iran
Security forces seen shooting protesters at point blank range.
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Nov 16, 2019—Karaj, west of Tehran, #Iran
Golshahr district
Protester shot & killed by the regime's security forces.
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Nov 16, 2019—Saveh, SW of Tehran, #Iran
Security forces seen opening direct fire at protesters as demonstrations continued over the gasoline price hike.
May 20, 2020—U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the Trump administration's maximum pressure campaign targeting the Iranian regime with sanctions, including targeting officials violating human rights.
Iranians support sanctions against the regime.
This is the father of Pouya Bakhtiari, a young protester killed by the regime during the Nov 2019 uprising.
He says if sanctions are lifted Tehran will begin purchasing arms & carry out even more killings.
March 25—Internet taxi driver in #Iran
"Please do not provide any money to the Islamic republic. Not a single rial [Iranian currency] reaches the people. Please do not lift the sanctions from the filthy mullahs... That is exactly what they want."
#Iran
Reporter: "Do sanctions pressure the people?"
How this young man answers is quite interesting.