BRUSSELS (BELGIUM) (ITALPRESS) – The European Council today decided to impose restrictive measures against other 15 persons and six entities responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran “following violent repression of peaceful protests, which resulted in the use of violence, arbitrary detention and intimidating tactics by security forces against protesters.” In detail, restrictive measures were taken against Eskandar Momeni, Minister of the Iranian Interior and Head of the National Security Council, and members of the Iranian judicial system, including Mohammad Movahedi-Azad, Attorney General, and Iman Afshari, President. In addition, today’s lists cover several IRC commanders and senior police officers and Order Forces (LEF). The European Council explains that the designated entities “have been involved in censorship activities, social media trolling campaigns, dissemination of information and misinformation online, or have contributed to the widespread interruption of Internet access by developing surveillance and repression tools”
The restrictive measures relating to human rights violations in Iran now apply to a total of 247 persons and 50 entities. They consist of the freezing of goods, the prohibition of travel to the EU and the prohibition of making available funds or economic resources to the persons listed. A ban on exports to Iran of equipment which could be used for internal repression, including telecommunications monitoring equipment is also in force.
“I welcome the political agreement on new sanctions against the Iranian homicidal regime and the designation of the Guards of the Islamic Revolution as a terrorist organization.” The President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen writes on X. “Terrorist is precisely the term by which a regime is defined that suffocates in the blood the protests of its people. Europe is at the side of the Iranian people in its courageous struggle for freedom,” he added.
“The EU Foreign Ministers have just taken the decisive step to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organization. Any regime that kills thousands of people within it is working for its own ruin.” He writes about X The high representative for the European Union’s foreign policy Kaja Kallas, while the session of the European Union’s foreign affairs council is underway.
TAJANI “CONSENSO SUI PASDARAN TERRORISTI, MA IL DIALOGO RESTA APERTO”
“There is political consensus on the membership of the Pasdarans in the list of terrorist organizations, as well as the list of Iranians sanctioned for repression against the civilian population during the last demonstrations. This does not mean that one should not continue to dialogue: the Italian embassy remains open, we have reduced the number of staff for security reasons, but we must guarantee security to as many people as possible operating within the embassy” Mr Antonio Tajani, Vice-Premier and Foreign Minister of the European Council in Brussels, said this at the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council. On the repression of protesters in Iran: “We are talking about a carnage – Minister Tajani continued. We have had to have a condemnation attitude: I have nevertheless reiterated that we must continue to dialogue with Iran also for the issue of nuclear power”.
With regard to the situation in Ukraine and Syria, Tajani said “We hope that Ukraine will arrive as soon as possible to an agreement and carry forward the three-way dialogue, with regard to Syria we have dealt with the theme of recent Isis attacks and Kurdish protection.” On the situation in Greenland the Minister commented: “The direction at the moment is that of dialogue and confrontation, Greenland and Denmark will have to decide what to do by comparing with the United States, I think things have improved after the dialogue between President Trump and Secretary-General Mark Rutte,” said Tajani.
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