{"id":30226,"date":"2021-12-09T01:00:45","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T00:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/?p=30226"},"modified":"2021-12-08T20:55:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T19:55:04","slug":"us-treasury-sanctions-iranian-officials-involved-in-killing-of-protesters-and-torturing-political-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranfreedom.org\/en\/media-gallery\/videos\/2021\/12\/us-treasury-sanctions-iranian-officials-involved-in-killing-of-protesters-and-torturing-political-prisoners\/30226\/","title":{"rendered":"US Treasury Sanctions Iranian Officials Involved in Killing of Protesters and Torturing Political Prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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US Treasury Sanctions Iranian Regime Officials Involved in Killing of Protesters and Torturing Political Prisoners.<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

December 7, 2021: The US Treasury imposed <\/a>fresh sanctions on Iranian officials involved in the killing of peaceful protesters during the November 2019 uprisings<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LEF Special Units and NOPO Forces: \u201cused excessive and lethal force, firing upon unarmed protestors, including women and children, with automatic weapons\u201d in November 2019 protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hassan Karami: has overseen LEF during nationwide unrest where \u201cLEF Special Units have employed excessive and lethal force\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mohsen Ebrahimi: oversaw NOPO during nationwide unrest where \u201cNOPO employed excessive and lethal force against Iranian unarmed protestors\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gholamreza Soleimani: Commands the Bassij<\/a>, \u201camong the Iranian security organizations that collectively killed hundreds of Iranian men, women, and children\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leila Vaseghi: Governor of Qods city, issued order \u201cto shoot unarmed protestors, causing dozens of deaths or injuries\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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