Sanctions On Iran Once Again; The Consequences Of Violation Of Women Rights

In a statement Monday night, Biden said he was “deeply concerned by reports of escalating violent repression against peaceful protesters in Iran, including students and women, demanding their equal rights and basic human dignity. In a statement He was was “deeply concerned by reports of escalating violent repression against peaceful protesters in Iran, including students and women, demanding their equal rights and basic human dignity.”

Washington imposed sanctions on Iran’s “morality police” as well as seven leaders of Iranian security organizations, saying they “routinely use violence to suppress peaceful protesters and members of Iranian civil society, political dissidents, women’s rights activists and members of the Iranian movement. Canada also imposed sanctions on top Iranian security officials for what it called “gross human rights violations.” This included “the systematic persecution of women, and in particular the outrageous acts committed by Iran’s so-called ‘Morality Police,’ which led to the death of Mahsa Amini while in their custody.” Said the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government said in a statement.

The US president said that he was also concerned by reports of a crackdown on protests in Iran over the death of Mahsa Amini. Joe Biden said his administration would impose “further costs” on those responsible for violence against Iranian protesters who have taken to the streets for more than two weeks in anger over the recent death of a 22-year-old woman in Tehran. He was concerned by reports of the escalating violent crackdown on peaceful protesters in Iran, including students and women, demanding their equal rights and basic human dignity. Amini’s death sparked an outpouring of anger against the Iranian government, with protesters demanding more civil liberties, including an end to the dress code imposed on women. Amini’s death sparked an outpouring of anger against the Iranian government, with protesters demanding more civil liberties, including an end to the dress code imposed on women. US has increasingly been dependant on economic pressure against Iran, despite persistent challenges in generating broad multilateral support. Iran’s economy was significantly impacted by the cumulative impact of the sanctions. Formal costs are difficult to estimate, in part because the instability caused by the sanctions had already taken a significant impact on the Iranian economy.