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The Council of the European Union has decided to impose restrictive measures on additional 32 persons as well as two entities who are responsible for human rights violations in Iran.
According to the Council, among the persons who now will be subject to restrictions are the Minister of Education and the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran.
Moreover, subject to restrictive measures are also the spokesperson and the deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, members of Iranโs parliament who support violent crackdowns, directors, the judiciary in different parts of the country, and members of the police.
Designations also target the Police Science and Social Studies Institute and the Law Enforcement Forces, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
The Council explains that with the newly made additional, the measures now apply to 196 persons and 33 entities in Iran. The same points out that all those against which restrictive measures have been introduced are subject to an asset freeze.
Moreover, those designated are also subject to a travel ban, meaning that they are not permitted to enter the territory of the EU.
โRestrictive measures now apply to a total of 196 individuals and 33 entities. They consist of an asset freeze, a travel ban to the EU and a prohibition to make funds or economic resources available to those listed,โ the statement of the Council reads.
Apart from introducing restrictive measures for those responsible for human rights violations in Iran, the EU has also urged Iranian authorities to put an end to violent crackdowns against peaceful protests.
In addition, the EU has also required Iran to stop the practice of carrying out death sentences against protesters. EU also calls Iran to reverse the death penalty sentences that have been pronounced and provide due process for all those who have been detained.
EU has taken similar measures for a number of persons and entities responsible for human rights violations in Myanmar/Burma too.
SchengenVisaInfo.com reported earlier today that the EU has imposed sanctions against nine persons and seven entities in Myanmar/Burma in view of human rights violationsbringing the total number of those subject to restrictive measures to 93 people and 18 entities.
Those designates are subject to a travel ban. This means that they are prohibited from entering the bloc or transiting through the EU. Moreover, they are also subject to an asset freeze and EU persons and entities are forbidden from making funds available to them.
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