Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie announced additional sanctions against Iran for depriving women and girls of their rights, as well as the suppression of peaceful protests. The new sanctions target leaders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, security agencies and the judiciary.
The latest round of Canadian sanctions against Iran target four security and judicial officials, as well as five organizations that Ottawa said were linked to Tehran’s systematic human rights violations and activities that “threaten international peace and security.”
The statement indicated that among those sanctioned were the leader of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the former police chief of Tehran, Mortada Talai, and the commander of the special forces of the Iranian law enforcement forces, Hassan Karami.
“Canada will not stand by as the regime’s human rights violations against the Iranian people grow larger and more severe,” the statement said.
Iran was rocked by a wave of protests following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on September 16, three days after she was detained by the Tehran vice police for violating Iran’s strict dress code.
Dozens of protesters have been killed since the protests began, and authorities have arrested 18,000 people in connection with these protests. In addition, the family home of Iranian mountaineer Elnaz Reqabi was demolished after she gained international fame in October for participating in an international competition with a bare head without a veil .
According to CNN, Rikabi competed without a hijab at an international competition in South Korea in October as anti-regime protests swept Iran following the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while she was being held by “vice police” in custody. under the pretext of improperly wearing the hijab.
Some Iranian demonstrators saw my stirrup as a symbol of a national uprising demanding greater freedom for women.
However, human rights groups have raised concerns about her safety when she returns to Tehran.
Footage aired by CNN on IranWire shows the collapsed structure and medals on the ground, as the man filming the video clip describes what happened to the house, and Daoud Rikabi’s brother appears in the video crying, and Daoud Rikabi is also considered a rock climbing champion. , he has 10 gold medals, Iran Wire reports.
