{"id":2505,"date":"2023-01-23T20:39:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T20:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/?p=2505"},"modified":"2023-01-23T20:39:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T20:39:26","slug":"britain-sanctions-more-iranian-figures-over-human-rights-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/23\/britain-sanctions-more-iranian-figures-over-human-rights-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain sanctions more Iranian figures over human rights violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Britain on Monday sanctioned more Iranian figures over what it said were human rights violations on Iranian people including the recent execution of British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari.<\/p><div class=\"afric-content\" id=\"afric-1072171864\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.nyc.gov\/hello?utm_source=ecm-digital&#038;utm_medium=cpc&#038;utm_campaign=lac-dex-2026&#038;utm_content=french\" aria-label=\"French&#8212;300&#215;250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/French-300x250-1.gif?fit=300%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"  class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The sanctions included an asset freeze on Iranian deputy prosecutor general Ahmad Fazelian, who the British foreign office said was responsible for an unfair judicial system that used the death penalty for political purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Others sanctioned include Kiyumars Heidari, commander in chief of Iran\u2019s ground forces; Hossein Nejat, deputy commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps; the Basij Resistance Force and its deputy commander, Salar Abnoush.<\/p>\n<p>The Basij Cooperative Foundation, linked to the Basij militia, and Qasem Rezaei, deputy commander of Iran\u2019s law enforcement forces, were also sanctioned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose sanctioned today, from the judicial figures using the death penalty for political ends to the thugs beating protestors on the streets, are at the heart of the regime\u2019s brutal repression of the Iranian people,\u201d British foreign minister James Cleverly said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe UK and our partners have sent a clear message through these sanctions that there will be no hiding place for those guilty of the worst human rights violations.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Britain on Monday sanctioned more Iranian figures over what it said were human rights violations on Iranian people including the recent execution of British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari. 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