The United States has sanctioned several officials, companies, and regional leaders of the Iranian prison system for violating women’s rights. It is stated in this message. The Ministry of Finance countries.
“The United States, along with its partners and allies, stands with Iranian women who stand up for basic freedoms against the brutal regime that treats women as second-class citizens and tries to suppress their voices at all costs. The department quoted Brian Nelson, the Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence.
The sanctions were noted to have affected, among others, the deputy head of the Iranian Attorney General’s Office, two soldiers, two regional prison heads and three companies involved in Iran’s suppression, according to the United States. Protests in Iran.
Women inmates in Iranian prisons are subjected to “sexual harassment, torture and other cruel and inhuman treatment,” according to the US Treasury Department.
Former US Treasury extended Sanctions against Iran, including 20 ships as well as some Iranian petrochemical companies.