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US sanctions Iran minister over protest crackdown
The Morning Standard
|January 31, 2026
THE United States on Friday announced sanctions against Iran’s interior minister and other officials, following the deadly crackdown on anti-government protests in the country in recent weeks.
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Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni “oversees the murderous Law Enforcement Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran (LEF), a key entity responsible for the deaths of thousands of peaceful protesters,” the US Treasury Department said ina statement about the measures.
Those sanctioned also included several high-ranking officers of the Islamic Revolu-
tionary Guard Corps, as well as Iranian investor Babak Morteza Zanjani, who stands accused of having “embezzled billions in funds from the Iranian people.”
This story is from the January 31, 2026 edition of The Morning Standard.
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