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US sanctions Iranian officials over protest-related executions

Demonstrators overseas have called for actions against the Iranian government amid a crackdown on widespread protests [File: Toby Melville/Reuters]

The United States has announced another round of sanctions against Iranian officials, targeting organisations and government figures involved in the government’s crackdown on protesters.

The US Department of the Treasury said in a statement on Wednesday that it was slapping sanctions on Iran’s Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri for his involvement in a protest-related execution, alongside several other figures and organisations the US accused of complicity in human rights abuses.

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