Australia imposed new sanctions against Iran

According to Fars News Agency International Group, the Australian federal government announced on Monday (March 20, 29 March) targeted financial sanctions in the style of Magnitsky and Memnon Safar against 14 other individuals, as well as financial sanctions against 14 responsible Iranian institutions. violates human rights” in Iran.

In an interventionist statement, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wang said that “four members of the moral police” of Iran, who she claimed were responsible for the “arrest” of Mehsa Amini and “mistreatment” of her, are among the people who were targeted for sanctions.

According to ABC, sanctions have also been imposed against 13 individuals and an entity that the Australian government claims are involved in the construction and supply of drones to Russia.

While the claim that Iran provided drones to Russia for use in the Ukraine war has been rejected many times, the Australian foreign minister claimed that “this list shows that there will be consequences for those who support Russia”. He then took a humanitarian gesture and said: Australia is with the people of Iran and Ukraine.

Australia, one of America’s allies, had sanctioned a number of senior Iranian officials and the Basij Foundation in support of the rioters and the claim of Iran’s drone assistance to Russia.

According to the Guardian, the aforementioned sanctions included the ban on travel to Australia and the freezing of the assets of 16 people, including Seyed Abdul Rahim Mousavi, the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Republic of Iran Army, and a number of senior officials of the Basij Resistance Force and the Basij Cooperation Foundation.

Not long ago, the Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the Australian ambassador to Tehran because of the government’s interference in Iran’s internal affairs and the adoption of double standards.

Nasser Kanani, the spokesperson of Iran’s Foreign Ministry, mentioned the situation of asylum seekers in Australian prisons in a tweet and wrote: “The continuation of the chain of deaths of asylum seekers and the death of 500 natives in Australian prisons may be only the tip of the iceberg of human rights violations there.” Will the international community hold Canberra accountable? Double standard!

The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran has already reacted to Australia’s sanctions against Iran and announced in this regard: “Australia’s new anti-Iranian action has taken place while the government of this country has been systematically denying the basic rights of Australian natives, prisoners for many years. and has violated asylum seekers and also sheltered elements of anti-Iranian terrorist and separatist groups”.

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