New US sanctions against Iran target interior minister over crackdown on protesters

The U.S. government imposed sanctions on Iran's Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni for his role in repressing protests against the theocratic government. The sanctions, announced Friday, accuse Momeni of overseeing law enforcement responsible for the deaths of thousands of protesters. The U.S. Treasury Department also sanctioned Iranian investor Babak Morteza Zanjani for allegedly embezzling billions in oil revenue, along with two digital asset exchanges linked to him. These actions follow similar sanctions from the European Union targeting Iranian officials involved in the violent repression of protests. The U.S. sanctions also targeted the secretary of the Supreme Council for National Security and a network of individuals and companies accused of laundering money from Iranian oil sales.

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