By Natasha Phillips
The UK government imposed sanctions on five men in Iran on Dec. 8 for their roles in enforcing the Islamic Republic’s forced hijab law, as well as for their grave human rights violations against gender equality activists participating in the country’s ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ protests.
The sanctions were a part of a broader package targeting seven countries and were announced ahead of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Dec. 10. The US and Canada also implemented the same sanctions.
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FILE PHOTO: People run from the IRGC security forces during a protest in Tehran. REUTERS./
In other news, a report by the Virginia-based non-governmental organization Human Rights Activists (HRA) on Dec. 11 revealed that the brutal treatment of women and gender equality activists during the protests may constitute “the crime against humanity of gender and political persecution.”
The five sanctioned men — Hassan Shahrestani, Ali Salehi, Alireza Adyani, Ali Akbar Javidan, and Masoud Dorosti — work in Iran’s judiciary, security forces, and public transport system. They have been sanctioned for their involvement in imposing and enforcing the mandatory hijab law.
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