(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
The US will impose new sanctions against Iranian officials, whom
Washington considers involved in violence against protesters this
week, US President Joe Biden said in a statement Monday, reports citing
.
'I remain gravely concerned about reports of the intensifying
violent crackdown on peaceful protestors in Iran, including
students and women, who are demanding their equal rights and basic
human dignity,' Biden said in a statement, published on the White
House website.
'This week, the United States will be imposing further costs on
perpetrators of violence against peaceful protestors. We will
continue holding Iranian officials accountable and supporting the
rights of Iranians to protest freely,' the US President added.
'The United States is making it easier for Iranians to access
the Internet, including through facilitating greater access to
secure, outside platforms and services. The United States is also
holding accountable Iranian officials and entities, such as the
Morality Police, that are responsible for employing violence to
suppress civil society,' the statement reads.
In September, the US imposed sanctions against the Morality
Police and a number of officials. In addition, the US Treasury
published a new general license that expands options for supplying
communications services to Iran. According to the US authorities,
it was done in order to 'support free exchange of information and
access of the Iranian people to information' amid the Internet
access restrictions, imposed by the authorities due to the ongoing
protests.
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