Italy and five other European Union countries – Spain, Germany, France, Denmark and the Czech Republic – proposed to partners to impose sanctions against Iran for Mahsa Amini’s death and violent crackdown on protests. European sources told time.news, while a spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry commented with the Dpa: “There must be consequences for those responsible for Mahsa’s death and the violent repression”.
On the table are 16 “concrete proposals” for sanctions against Iranian personalities and entities. The Czech Republic, the current president of the EU, supports the initiative and looks forward to the next meeting of the foreign ministers of the 27 at the end of the month for a decision.
Meanwhile, Tehran replies to the US. “Joe Biden should have thought a bit about the human rights situation in his country before talking about the situation (in Iran, ed), even if hypocrisy does not require deep reflection”, the spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry, Nasser Kanani, about the words of the president of the United States, who announced new sanctions for “this week” against Iran for the “violent” response given by the authorities to the protests. “The American president should rather worry about the consequences of the numerous sanctions against the Iranian nation, which clearly represent an example of a crime against humanity,” added Kanani.
Iran has been the scene of anti-government demonstrations since Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian girl, died on September 16 after being arrested by the Tehran police on suspicion of violating the strict women’s dress code.