BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 14. The European Council has announced new sanctions targeting seven individuals and two entities in Iran, Trend reports.
"The Council decided today to impose restrictive measures on an additional seven individuals and two entities responsible for serious human rights violations in Iran, including for the use of the judiciary as a tool for arbitrary detention," the statement reads.
As part of the latest sanctions, the EU has targeted the Shiraz Central Prison in Fars Province and the First Branch of the Revolutionary Court of Shiraz. Measures have also been imposed on key judicial figures, including Farzadi Hedayatollah, head of Evin Prison, and Mehdi Nemati, head of the Fars Prisons Protection and Intelligence Department.
With this update, the EU sanctions now affect a total of 232 individuals and 44 entities. The sanctions include asset freezes, travel bans to the EU, and a prohibition on making funds or economic resources available to those listed. Additionally, the EU has imposed a ban on the export of equipment that could be used for internal repression or for monitoring telecommunications.